Oklahoma Wind Turbine Technician Education & Training
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Oklahoma State University
OSU-OKC developing track for wind technicians
http://www.osuokc.edu/wind/

OSU-OKC is developing a wind technology technician program.  Demand is growing nationwide for wind turbine technicians.  OSU-OKC proposes a two-year associate in applied science degree focusing training in two types of wind turbine facilities – utility-scale and facilities-scale.   Utility-scale turbines are designed to produce electricity to be sold to consumers. Facilities-scale turbines provide electricity for a specific facility.  The program will include classes in electrical, mechanical and hydraulic malfunctions, scheduled maintenance and general service. Training could also include securing site leases, wiring the turbine network to the power grid and designing a wind farm.

High Plains Technology Center
Woodward , Oklahoma

Offers a Wind Energy Technician Certificate program.

Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma

Offers a Wind Turbine Technician Certificate program.  Students enrolled in the Wind Turbine Technician Certificate Program, will study basic electricity, industrial electronics, electromechanical devices, programmable controller systems, and instrumentation and control operations along with Wind Energy industry fundamentals. The program was designed to meet the needs of employers in this rapidly growing alternative energy segment and to offer students a solid foundation from which they can launch a rewarding new career.

Wind Turbine Technician Careers & Salary

The growing demand for wind energy has created the need for highly skilled wind turbine technicians. The technician must use computers, have an understanding of hydraulics, electricity and meteorology. Although many wind turbine technicians have experience as a welder, many wind technicians complete two-year education programs in wind technology. The Wind Technician must work 250 feet above the ground. Travel is often a big part of the job. Based on current positions, wind turbine technicians earn $17.00 to $27.00 per hour.

Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine is usually called a windmill. If the mechanical energy is then converted to electricity, the machine is called a wind generator, wind turbine, wind power unit (WPU), wind energy converter (WEC), or aerogenerator.

This article discusses electric power generation machinery. Windmill discusses machines used for grain-grinding, water pumping, etc. The article on wind power describes turbine placement, economics and public concerns. The wind energy section of that article describes the distribution of wind energy over time, and how that affects wind-turbine design. See environmental concerns with electricity generation for discussion of environmental problems with wind-energy production

Wind power

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2008, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generators was 120.8 gigawatts.[1]

Wind energy has historically been used directly to propel sailing ships or converted into mechanical energy for pumping water or grinding grain, but the principal application of wind power today is the generation of electricity. Large scale wind farms are typically connected to the local electric power transmission network, with smaller turbines being used to provide electricity to isolated locations. Utility companies increasingly buy back surplus electricity produced by small domestic turbines. Wind energy as a power source is favoured by many environmentalists as an alternative to fossil fuels, as it is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, and produces lower greenhouse gas emissions, although the construction of wind farms is not universally welcomed due to their visual impact and other effects on the environment. The intermittency of wind seldom creates problems when using wind power to supply a low proportion of total demand. Where wind is to be used for a moderate fraction of demand, additional costs for compensation of intermittency are considered to be modest.[2]  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


 

 


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