Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
Manufacturing · Maintenance, Installation & Repair
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $49,920; experienced workers reach $130,380. About 170 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +3.4%
- Openings a year
- 7
- Employed in 2024
- 89
Typical entry education: Postsecondary nondegree award · Experience: Less than 5 years · Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Critical Thinking3.4
- Equipment Maintenance4.0
- Repairing4.0
- Troubleshooting4.0
- Reading Comprehension3.5
- Operations Monitoring3.3
- Quality Control Analysis3.3
- Active Listening3.1
What the work is
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays.
- Inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.
- Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.
- Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.
- Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs.
- Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance.
- Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less8%
- Certificate50%
- Some college11%
- Associate degree28%
- Bachelor's degree2%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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