Also called: Sign Fabricator, Sign Technician
Designs and builds storefront signs, vehicle wraps, banners and wayfinding signs.
You design a logo sign for a new taco shop, cut the letters from aluminum on a CNC router, wire in LED lights and help install it on a lift truck. Another day you wrap a food truck in printed vinyl.
Estimated; shop owners earn more.
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; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Graphic Design, Sign Technology.
Growing about average. No specific BLS projection; steady local demand.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI design and automated cutters speed sign work; fabricating, wrapping and installing signs stay hands-on.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at local sign and vehicle-wrap shops or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Art, Graphic design class, Shop class.
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