Remote location
Wind turbine technician
Maintain and repair wind turbines on land and offshore. This is not home-working: the “remote” part is the location, often rural or at sea.
UK pay guide
£25,000–£47,000
£25,000–£47,000
Remote reality
Remote location
Remote location
Could your existing experience transfer?
Mechanical/electrical experience, engineering apprenticeships and direct applications can all be routes in. Employers may value transferable maintenance experience.
What should you search for?
wind turbine technician, O&M technician, renewable energy technician
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Vacancy first. Course second.
National Careers Service lists university, college, apprenticeship and direct-application routes. It also notes that people with electrical or mechanical engineering experience from another industry or the armed forces may apply directly.
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