10 Best-Paying Blue-Collar Jobs Of 2014
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siliconindia | Thursday, 25 September 2014, 17:29 IST
Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Annual Salary: $55,810
If you’re all ready to install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, track switches, consider a job as signal and track switch repairers, because it could be tailor made for you.
Signal maintainers mainly service the electrical equipment on and alongside the tracks of railroads and subways. They may also install and test wires, mechanical components and track switches. When parts on the track malfunction, these are the guys who are called in to inspect and repair them.
Surveyors
Annual Salary: $59,570
Surveyors measure, analyze and report land-related information for the planning and regulation of land, sea and the environment.
Surveyor professional usually advice on property and construction, which spans across residential, commercial, industrial, leisure and agriculture projects. Additionally, these individuals also work on the design and development of new buildings as well as restoration and maintenance of existing ones.
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Annual Salary: $57,610
It’s very important to keep the aircraft in peak operating condition.Thus to ensure this process is in smooth transition, aircraft and service technicians perform scheduled maintenance, make repairs, and complete inspections required by the Aviation Administration.
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians mainly diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
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