Also called: Clockmaker, Horologist (Clocks)
Restores grandfather clocks, cuckoo clocks, and antique timepieces.
A clock repairer disassembles a 150-year-old clock movement, cleans every gear, makes a replacement part on a small lathe, and adjusts the pendulum until it keeps perfect time.
Approximate; similar to watch and clock repairers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Apprenticeship or horology courses.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Horology.
Shrinking. Few new entrants; aging customers.
Low risk for 10 years. Rebuilding antique clock movements is delicate mechanical handwork, and few people still learn it.
Classes: Physics, Engineering or metals CTE, History.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9064.
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