Also called: Museum Explainer
Brings science alive for visitors at science centers with live demos and conversations.
Runs a cow-eye dissection demo for a crowd of kids, answers wild questions at the exhibit floor, and performs a liquid-nitrogen show twice a day.
Estimate; often part-time.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 1 year after high school. High school or some college; many are students or recent grads.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Education.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. Live demos and answering wild questions from crowds are human performance.
Age 15+. One way to start: Apply to your local science center or museum’s teen explainer program, often hiring in spring for summer
Classes: Chemistry, Biology, Theater.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-9031.
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