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Specialties that raise your rate

• Protection and control

  Setting and testing the relays that trip breakers in milliseconds when something fails. The most technical, best-paid branch.

• Generating station work

  Hydro dams, gas plants and nuclear stations, where generators are the size of a house.

• Metering

  Installing and calibrating the revenue meters that measure power to big customers.

• Renewables

  Wind farms, solar fields and battery storage need the same substation skills.