AI Career Radar

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.

AI exposure45 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation28
Freedom to set tasks67
Repeating the same tasks80
$64,120Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+29.5%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
62Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
63
Monitoring
63
56
Active Listening
63
53
Speaking
63
53
Judgment and Decision Making
63
53
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Active Learning
62
53
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
56
Time Management
61
50
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
47
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Learning Strategies
58
50
Instructing
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
53
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Service Orientation
56
31
Persuasion
54
25
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
28
Science
52
25
Management of Personnel Resources
50
41
Operations Analysis
49
16
Installation
48
22
Equipment Maintenance
47
75
Troubleshooting
47
75
Quality Control Analysis
47
56
Equipment Selection
47
50
Management of Material Resources
47
31
Technology Design
47
19
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Operations Monitoring
46
75
Repairing
46
75
Programming
45
16
Operation and Control
43
53

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Speaking

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Service Orientation, Active Listening, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$95,320
10-yr growth
+10.3%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Active Listening, Coordination, Operation and Control

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Speaking

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Wind Turbine Service Technicians could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.