| A Biomethane Gas Collection System Technician is | | | | have a few different options, and which you take |
| responsible for the operation of equipment that | | | | will depend on what is available to you and your |
| processes animal waste and methane gas. The | | | | preferences. You can get an apprenticeship at a |
| technician also tends to the day-to-day checking | | | | biomethane plant, and get hands-on experience |
| and maintenance of the equipment at a | | | | while you are being trained. You could also attend |
| biomethane plant. | | | | a trade school to learn what you need to know, |
| The career outlook for an Animal Waste | | | | or you can attain an Associate's Degree. Any of |
| Biomethane Gas Collection System Technician is | | | | these or a combination of the three will put you in |
| excellent. They make on average $28-$45 | | | | a good position for getting a technician job at a |
| thousand a year. | | | | biomethane plant. |
| The Biomethane field is very 'green' because of all | | | | Some college coursework recommendations are |
| the different things that can be accomplished with | | | | Chemistry, Power Generation, and Landfill Gas |
| it. While certain plants use methane gas in certain | | | | Plant Operations. College learning and work |
| ways, there are multiple ways methane gas can | | | | experience with electrical, mechanical, or control |
| be used to make energy. | | | | systems are also positively viewed in the |
| The basic premise to the way Biomethane plants | | | | biomethane industry. |
| are improving the world is by taking thousands of | | | | If you are good with technology and have an |
| pounds of animal waste and using it to create fuel. | | | | interest in a field that takes waste and turns it |
| The gasses from this waste can be refined and | | | | into something useful, a Gas Collection System |
| turned into natural gas and pumped into the | | | | Technician job might be great for you. Technicians |
| natural gas grid for use. Methane gas can also be | | | | need to be good with their hands, and have the |
| refined and used in certain vehicles. There are | | | | ability to tend to details. Since technicians work |
| many other uses for methane gas that are | | | | with the mechanics of the plant, you need to be |
| currently being researched and developed as well, | | | | sure you can keep up with advances in plant |
| so there will likely be a large demand for it in the | | | | technology and always be ready to learn |
| future. This will require more biomethane plants | | | | something new. |
| and workers. | | | | Technician jobs in methane gas plants are great |
| The education required to be a technician on a | | | | places to find good pay and a steady 'green' |
| methane gas plant is fairly easy to attain. You | | | | career. |