EP57 – So You Want to Work As a Wind Tech? Outlook, Salaries, & Future of this Evolving Job

The job of wind turbine technician, or wind tech, will continue to be very in-demand in the future. But what exactly does it entail, and what can job seekers expect down the road? In this episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, we discuss the future prospects for wind techs as the industry grows technology, safety equipment, and the turbines themselves, evolve. Read our in-depth article on wind turbine tech jobs here. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Transcript - EP57 So You Want to Work As a Wind Tech? Outlook, Salaries, & Future of this Evolving Job Dan Blewett 0:00This episode is brought to you by weather guard lightning tech. At weather guard, we make wind turbine lightning protection easy. If you're a wind farm operator stop settling for damage turbine blades and constant downtime. Get your uptime back with our strike table lightning protection system. Learn more in today's show notes or visit weather guard wind calm slash strike tape. Allen Hall 0:28Welcome back. I'm Allen Hall. Dan Blewett 0:30I'm Dan Blewett. And this is the uptime podcast where we talk about wind energy engineering, lightning protection and ways to keep your wind turbines running. Unknown Speaker 0:47Alright, welcome back to the uptime podcast. I'm your co host, Dan Blewett. On today's show, we're going to talk about wind turbine technician jobs and what the outlook like look what the outlook looks like for the future. So first, let's say hello to my co host, Allen Hall. How are you sir? Allen Hall 1:04Hey, good, Dan, Allen Hall 1:04boy coming out post COVID things are looking positive wind turbine industry is still rolling along. Good stuffs happening. Dan Blewett 1:12Yeah. So obviously, with the new presidential administration here in the US, you know, wind power is getting a big boost. And obviously, offshore wind especially is growing really, really fast all over the world. And when you start to look at the jobs outlook, you know, wind turbine technician is one of those really hot jobs at the moment. Because obviously, more and bigger wind farms are going up. And we need people with that expertise to help maintain them, you know, service them, repair them, inspect them, all that stuff. So Alan, let's start here today with a little bit of the job and how it's evolving. So obviously, you know, in the past, if you talked about, you know, what does a wind turbine tech do, you know, aside from, you know, climbing up, you know, through the tower up to the nwsl, doing all the, you know, the ground based checks, you know, monitoring, inspecting all the equipment, and then the cell itself, but there's also the rope access part of it, which is really hazardous. It's a pretty interesting job, because it's highly variable, depending on maybe your narrow focus, like you might be more into, like the hydraulic side of it, or the electrical side or the blade side. But that job is also going to evolve a lot. I mean,