Workforce

Real careers.
Built right here.

Wayne Trace students shouldn't just see energy projects around them. They should learn to build, operate, and benefit from them.

Six careers.
One array to learn them on.

Growing technical fields, hiring in northwest Ohio today — many reachable without a four-year degree.

Solar O&M technician.

Keeps utility-scale arrays running — inspection, troubleshooting, repair.

Trades, certification, or apprenticeship

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Electrician.

A licensed trade with steady demand far beyond solar alone.

Apprenticeship & licensure

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Inverter / SCADA technician.

Where electrical skill meets data and software.

Certification or community college

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Drone & thermal inspection.

Finding faults across big arrays from the air — aviation meets energy.

Certification & FAA Part 107

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Electrical engineer.

Designs what others build — sizing, layout, interconnection.

Four-year engineering degree

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Project & finance.

The budgets, schedules, and financing that make projects real.

Business or finance degree

Many roads in.
Not just one.

A student who reads the dashboard in 6th grade and models the payback in 12th arrives at graduation already in the field.

Skilled tradesCertificationsApprenticeshipsCommunity collegeFour-year engineering

The array is the on-ramp.

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