SCADA Technician
Also posted as Also posted as: SCADA Technician II, Sr SCADA Technician, Technician II
A SCADA technician installs, configures, and maintains the SCADA systems that monitor and control distributed operations like utilities, pipelines, and plants from a central point. It's a hands-on job across utilities and industrial sites, and most people start with a certificate or short, hands-on training program, not a four-year degree.
Below: what it pays, what you'd do, the skills you need, and how to become one.
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Maintain SCADA systems
Service the servers, RTUs, and communications behind supervisory control.
Configure monitoring
Build and adjust screens, alarms, and data points operators rely on.
Troubleshoot telemetry
Diagnose communication and data failures across remote sites.
Support operations
Keep the control room seeing true, current data around the clock.
What skills do you need?
Three core skills sit at the heart of this role. You can learn all of them through short, hands-on training.
SCADA
Working with the SCADA systems that monitor and control distributed operations.
Networking
Building and troubleshooting the wired and wireless networks systems depend on.
Troubleshooting
Isolating root causes fast using a systematic, test-driven approach.
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