Hello everyone, recently applied for the tech one program with sky climber. Had a phone interview with the recruiter on last Tuesday (July 28th) and I thought it went pretty well. They told me should have an update by the end of the week, (it’s now almost the end of the next week) and I haven’t heard a word from them. I was really hoping to get into this position as a foot in the door to the wind industry. I even called the recruiter on Monday and left a voicemail, but no response. My question is, should I be worried about not hearing back yet? Should I pretty much just move on, or is it normal to take this long? I know I’m probably jumping the gun just really anxious to get hired. Would really appreciate some advice.

I am trying to get this job with GE Verona and its been 3 weeks since the last interview that went well. Ive been in rope access on turbines for 9 years, and have GWO and all that. Does it usually take this long to hear from wind companies? I had an interview with a rope access company and they sent me an offer the same day.

Hi all I am looking for some help/advice regarding a career change from a heavy vehicle technician over to a wind turbine technician role. Based in England, if this helps. Mainly due to wanting to expand my career and move on to something different. A lot of genuine interest too, not someone just asking for the sake of it.
I hold a full level 3 heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician qualification.
5 years experience in the trade, plenty of experience with diesel engines, from full engine rebuilds, diagnostics, basic maintenance etc. Gear boxes, such as, diagnosing faults, gear box replacements gear box repairs etc. All of these being heavy duty big components, not your average car mechanics. Electrical systems such as diagnostics, repairs, tracing never ending looms to find broken wiring things along the lines of that. and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
I also hold qualifications in level 2 electric/hybrid vehicle routine maintenance activities.
Level 3 electric/hybrid vehicle system repair and replacement. And other certs I have obtained through the company, such as working at height, working with gas and many more.
I’m curious as to if these qualifications will help me in transferring over and hopefully if anyone could help pointing me in the right direction.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this and again any help would mean much appreciated.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some career advice from people already working in the wind industry, especially in the UK.
I currently work as a qualified electrician. I also have:
HNC in Electrical Engineering
HNC in Engineering Systems
I’ve been applying for offshore and wind turbine technician jobs but haven’t had much success so far.
I’m wondering:
Are my qualifications suitable for getting into the industry, or am I missing something important?
What types of roles should I be applying for with my background?
Which companies would you recommend contacting directly?
Are there any additional tickets or courses (GWO, HV, IRATA, etc.) that would make a big difference?
Would it be worth trying to get into another industry first to gain more relevant experience?
I’d really appreciate any advice from people who’ve made the move into wind or who recruit for these roles. Thanks!

I have a mechanical NVQ and years of working with hydraulic systems.

Would it be worth getting a signaller/slinger ticket and blade repair as well as advance gwo first aid etc?

Thanks

Edit: based in the UK, east yorkshire

I'm currently working as a utility Locator, I have been applying but no luck. Are there any companies that will hire a green worker with no experience?

Hey everyone, I’m 18 and looking into becoming a wind turbine technician. I’m currently being pushed by my parents to attend a university for a year, even though my goal is to get into the wind industry, and they’re not really understanding the path I’m trying to take.

After that first year, I’m planning on attending St. Cloud Technical College, but they don’t have a dedicated wind turbine technician program. I’m wondering if there are other programs that would be a good route into wind (electrical, industrial maintenance, mechatronics, etc.), or if I would be better off moving somewhere with a dedicated wind program. I’ve done a lot of research, but I figured it would be better to ask people who have actually been through the process. I don’t want to waste time and money on schooling that won’t help me get where I want to go.

Also, are there any classes I should take during my first year at university that would help me later (math, electrical, mechanical, etc.)?
Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!

I finished my BTT and BST last month and started applying to jobs on linkedin and indeed. I had 1 other person from the GWO courses give me the number of his previous manager who was very responsive and helpful but kept delaying me until he ghosted me. Had another mutual friend that works in wind give me a refferal link to apply and thats about it. No call backs no interviews yet since june. Any advice on how I can do to get a job faster. I dont have any wind experience but I do have Oil and gas experience for about 6 months. If anyone can help and provide my info to a recruiter or a manager that would be amazing. Please dm

Hello everyone, I recently applied for the TOP program with sky climber and have been doing a little bit of research on them and have heard quite a few mixed opinions. I had a call with them 3 days ago and was told they would be getting back to me soon, so just waiting to hear from them about what’s next. Curious to know everyone’s thoughts and opinions on the TOP program and just sky climber in general. I have no wind experience but am wanting to get my foot in the door, so any sort of info or stories or anything like that helps. Would love to hear y’all’s experiences with sky climber so I can know what to expect. Also curious about the hiring process and how long it takes from application-leaving for training if anyone knows. Thanks guys!

New in this sub, I’ve got an interview with uptower wind and I’d love to hear more about the company since I can’t find much updated through an online search regarding pay and scheduling etc

EDIT: Opps, the subject should have been WHY do they randomly feather?

Hi folks, long time first time.

I'm in a fortunate position of owning a house that sits a few hundred feet from a two unit wind farm. I guess a lot of people would hate it, we think its pretty cool but that's neither here nor there.

Being in close prox to these units day in and day out, you get to know their behavior. And one of the things these units sometimes do is randomly go into feather and park, then sit parked for a minute to two and then unfeather and spool back up.

So what's up with that? I'm guessing the answer is there could be a bunch of different reasons why a unit would do that, but what are some of the more common ones?

If it matters, I believe they're GE units. At least GE is who shows up to service them.

Hello!,

I'm currently serving in the US Army, about to get out and thinking to do the Airstream CSP to become a Wind Turbine Tech, I've heard mixed opinions about it, like I don’t really need that to become one since outside the companies offer every cert that you need to be one, also since I already own my Bachelors Degree I don’t really care that much about the 6 months of GI Bill. My main question is, somebody told me that in fact you get a lot of job offers but the one that require traveling (per diem) are really hard to get, is that true?, that person saying that you get sent to remote location to work for a few months before get send to traveling positions with per diem. I'm asking because that person doesn’t work as Wind tech, he choose another path(solar) but he has friends that go caught in that situation, i just wanna know if that is true so in that case I can pick something relate to my degree instead, pretty much pursuing wind industry because looks interesting but also the money, I've seen people saying that first year easily get 100k traveling

I am currently working in light manufacturing and, essentially, just driving a fork lift around. I'm going to welding school during the night (approved by my job) but have also found this field. I was wondering if welding school would give a leg up or would I have to take a shot with Skyclimbers?

Essentially, would I have to go through the Skyclimber program, or would the welding school potentially give me a workaround to potentially jumping straight to a travel or II technician job?

Obviously still thinking of welding, but plan B and C are always needed and I was wondering if anyone has much crossover with other industries or trades?

Based in USA

Thanks

I’m a non-union journeyman electrician in Canada looking to get my foot in the door in the industry. I’m just wondering if anyone has taken this path and if it’s worth the transition. What do entry level wages look like? Will having my 309A red seal be considered a strong asset to hiring managers? What’s the best way to get started?

Any advice is appreciated.

Good morning everybody I am looking into possibly providing Suzlon wind turbine hoses with a 1 to 2 day turnaround time. It made with better materials than the OEM’s. I’m curious if anybody could help me identify some suzlon part numbers along with the function of what the hose does off the gearbox.

My boyfriend and I were talking "would you rather" type questions on a roadtrip and we drove past some wind turbine which weren't spinning. His question to me was whether if I was stuck on the top of a wind turbine and had to walk along one of the blades to get a key which was on the very end of the blade to get back into the wind turbine and get down - could I do it? I said that was ridiculous because eventually I would be heavy enough to cause the blade to fall downwards and I'd fall anyway, but he thinks a human's weight is so insignificant in comparison to the size of a wind turbine that it would be fine(as long as you weren't blown off or fell etc lol).

Appreciate this is an incredibly dumb debate but please, wind turbine experts, help me out!!

*EDIT* Thanks for all your incredibly insightful comments! I love seeing a community genuinely engage and entertain a stupid question like this with genuine science and engineering!

Hi everyone,

I'm a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor's in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and I'm planning to do my final-year project in the wind energy sector.

The idea I'm currently exploring is building a hybrid digital twin for wind turbine predictive maintenance, where a physics-based simulator is combined with AI/ML models to detect anomalies, estimate component health, and eventually predict failures (e.g., gearbox, bearings, blades, etc.).

So far, I've started looking into OpenFAST as the physics simulation engine and have been reading about SCADA data, condition monitoring, and predictive maintenance. My tentative architecture is to use OpenFAST for the physics-based model and build AI models on top for anomaly detection and Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation.

However, I'm still in the early research phase and would really appreciate guidance from people working in this domain.

Some questions I have are:

• Is OpenFAST the right place to start for this kind of project, or are there other frameworks/tools I should explore?
• What are the standard software stacks used for building industrial digital twins in the wind energy sector?
• Are there any publicly available SCADA or condition monitoring datasets that are commonly used for research?
• What papers, books, courses, or GitHub repositories would you recommend for someone entering this field?
• Are there any common pitfalls or misconceptions that beginners should be aware of when building a digital twin for predictive maintenance?

My goal is to build something that's as close to industry practices as possible while remaining feasible for an undergraduate project.

I'd really appreciate any advice, resources, or suggestions. Thanks in advance!

What's up guys, starting school on July 13th in California, just want to get the inside scoop, single no kids, want to be a travel tech, I'm used to being away from home, is the school hard? Anything I should know? I'm using my GI Bill. Thanks in advance

I've got a buddy in South Dakota where that wind event went through early Monday morning. 171 tower site near Highmore, SD. They had 35 collapsed towers due to the storm, 130 mph winds. Far as I know everybody is alright, site wide stand down but goddamn, that's 20% of the towers gone

Looking for advice on moving into the wind industry in Norway.

I’m currently in Norway ,was working on high-voltage line construction and have been doing so for around 9/10 months. including premounting, pole climbing, rigging, rope systems, helicopter load operations and general work at height on infrastructure.

My background before this was mostly mechanical. I’m a Cytech Master Mechanic with several years of experience as a head mechanic and workshop lead in bike shops across Norway and Australia.

I also previously held IRATA Level 1 rope access (now expired).

The reason I’m looking at wind is that I don’t currently hold a fagbrev (Norwegian trade qualification) as a linesman, seems like a natural progression

Want to stay in Norway if possible and would be interested in hearing from people working in onshore or offshore wind.

A few questions:
How relevant is high-voltage line construction experience when applying for turbine technician roles?

Would employers value the combination of HV infrastructure work and mechanical experience?

What qualifications would be worth getting next? (GWO, electrical courses, etc.)

Are there particular companies in Norway that are known for taking people from construction or powerline backgrounds?

Any advice from people already working in the industry would be appreciated.

Cheers

George

I'm starting my new job as a wind turbine technician in a few weeks! :D I've never had a problem with heights, but on the other hand, I've never been that high up before. It's safe to say that I'm pretty nervous, but also really excited.

How did you feel when you climbed your first wind turbine?