Also called: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Engraver, U.S. Mint Sculptor-Engraver
Hand-engraves the detailed art on U.S. paper money or sculpts the designs on coins.
At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a handful of engravers carve portraits into steel with tiny tools, a skill that takes about 10 years of apprenticeship. U.S. Mint sculptor-engravers design and sculpt new coins and medals. Only a few people in the country do this.
Federal General Schedule (GS) pay scale.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 8 years after high school. Fine-arts background plus a long in-house apprenticeship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Fine Arts, Sculpture, Illustration, Printmaking.
Shrinking. Extremely few positions.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Digital design tools help, but hand engraving for anti-counterfeiting stays a rare human craft with very few openings.
Classes: Art, Drawing or printmaking, Jewelry or metalwork.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1012.
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