Also called: House Mover, Building Mover
Jacks up whole houses, churches and even lighthouses, slides them onto steel beams and dollies, and rolls them to a new spot.
You and your crew slip steel beams under a 100-year-old house and raise it with a network of hydraulic jacks, inch by inch. Next week, at 3 a.m. with police escort, you roll it down the street past power lines to its new lot.
Estimated; owners of moving companies earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 2 years after high school. High school plus years of on-the-job training with a moving company.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Construction Technology.
Growing about average. Steady niche: flood elevation, historic relocations and highway projects.
Low risk for 10 years. Computer-controlled jacks help, but planning each lift and route stays human craft.
Classes: Physics, Construction tech, Welding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4099.
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