Also called: Railcar Assembler, Freight Car Welder-Fitter
Fits, welds and assembles giant steel freight cars, tank cars and subway cars in a railcar plant.
Your crew moves a half-built tank car down the line. You fit and weld the steel underframe, bolt on brake rigging, and help lower the tank onto its trucks with an overhead crane. A finished car can carry 100 tons across the country.
Estimated from BLS structural metal fabricators and fitters.
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, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Welding Technology (trade school).
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Structural metal fabricators and fitters.
Medium risk for 10 years. Railcar plants add robot welding for repeat seams, but fitting huge, varied cars keeps skilled crews.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at railcar plants or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Welding CTE class, Geometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-2041.
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