Also called: Blade Builder, Composite Fabricator
Builds the giant fiberglass blades of wind turbines in a factory.
You lay fiberglass fabric into a mold as long as a football field, help infuse it with resin, and sand and finish the cured blade.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma plus on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Depends on U.S. turbine manufacturing.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Automated layup and robotic finishing are spreading in blade plants, cutting manual production jobs over time.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at wind blade factories for production technician jobs
Classes: Shop class, Art or sculpture, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-2092.
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