Carefully takes buildings apart by hand to save old wood, doors, and fixtures for reuse.
You pull century-old pine floorboards one by one, de-nail them, and stack them for a salvage yard that will sell them to builders.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No degree; you get hired by a deconstruction or salvage company and learn on the job to take buildings apart safely by hand.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing faster than average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Taking buildings apart by hand to save materials is skilled, varied work that machines can't easily do.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to building salvage and deconstruction nonprofits or contractors
Classes: Woodshop, Construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4099.
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