Also called: Reinforcing Steel Detailer, Rebar Modeler
Draws exactly how every steel reinforcing bar inside a concrete building or bridge should be cut, bent and placed.
You build a 3D model of a parking garage's rebar: thousands of bars, each with a mark number, length and bend shape. Your drawings go to the fabrication shop and the rodbusters in the field. Mistakes mean bars that don't fit, so you double-check everything.
Estimated from BLS drafters.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate's in drafting or on-the-job training; detailing software skills.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Drafting & Design Technology, Civil Engineering Technology.
Growing about average. Steady; detailers are in short supply.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Detailing software and AI generate bar schedules from models; checking odd geometry and field questions stays human.
Classes: Drafting CTE class, Geometry, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-3011.
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