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Skills that raise your rate

• High-voltage and electrical training

  The single biggest step up in pay, and the route to substation and grid-side work.

• Blade repair

  Composite repair work done hanging off the blade from ropes or a platform. A specialty with its own certification and premium.

• Commissioning

  Bringing brand new turbines online. Travel-heavy, well paid and constantly in demand while new farms are being built.

• Offshore certification

  Offshore wind needs sea survival and vessel training on top of the usual safety qualifications.