Annual Salary
£25,000 to £47,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Wind turbine technicians maintain and repair wind farm turbines on land and at sea.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: on call; occasionally
There will be
0.5% more Wind turbine technician jobs in 2027.
As a wind turbine technician, you could:
Green job
As a wind turbine technician you'll be making sure that wind turbines run efficiently. This can have a positive impact on the environment.
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You may need to wear protective clothing.
You could work in remote rural areas or at sea.
Your working environment may be at height and outdoors in all weathers.
You can get into this job through:
You could do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in:
It might give you an advantage if your course includes the opportunity to get work experience through summer internships or a year in industry.
You'll usually need:
You could do a college course, which could help you to get a trainee job with a wind turbine engineering company.
Courses include:
Entry requirements for these courses vary.
You could apply to do an Engineering Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship. You could also do a Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship.
These can take between 3 and 4 years to complete.
You'll usually need:
You can apply directly for jobs if you've got qualifications and experience in electrical or mechanical engineering from another industry, or from the armed forces.
You'll need to:
Companies are predicted to need more wind turbine technicians in the future as industries move towards using renewable energy sources.
You can find out more about working in the renewable energy industry from RenewableUK and Energy and Utilities Careers and Jobs.
You could become an authorised technician, with responsibility for supervising a technical team, and dealing with health and safety.
With further training, you could also work as:an operations and maintenance manager; a control systems engineer; an energy engineer
Wind Turbine Technicians are needed to install and service turbine towers on land or at sea as part of the West of England's focus on low carbon and renewable energy in the region.
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You'll need: