Recreates and repairs ornate plaster ceilings, cornices, and medallions in historic buildings.
You make a rubber mold of a surviving ceiling rosette in an old theater, cast 40 copies, and install them where water damage destroyed the originals.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Plasterer apprenticeship plus specialty mold-making training.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Plastering (apprenticeship).
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. 3D scanning and printing help copy molds, but casting and installing ornate plaster stays hand craft.
Classes: Sculpture or ceramics, Construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2161.
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