Also called: Geosynthetic Liner Installer, Liner Welding Technician
Rolls out and heat-welds giant plastic liners that keep landfill juice, mining chemicals and pond water from leaking into the ground.
Your crew unrolls panels of thick black plastic across an acres-wide landfill cell. You run a hot-wedge welder along each seam, then pump air into the seam to prove it holds. In the afternoon sun the liner gets blazing hot, so you start at dawn.
Lots of overtime and per diem on the road.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0.5 years after high school. High school; employers train you, and you can earn a seaming certification.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Construction Technology.
Growing about average. Landfills, mines, ponds and canal linings keep expanding.
Low risk for 10 years. Automated welders help, but laying, seaming and testing liners across rough ground stays human crew work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at liner installation contractors or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Shop class, Physical education, Construction CTE, Earth science.
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