Also called: Precast Laborer, Form Setter (Precast), Concrete Products Maker
Builds forms, places steel and pours concrete in a factory to make bridge beams, walls, pipes and parking-garage pieces.
Inside a long casting shed you set steel forms, tie rebar, and pour concrete for a 100-foot bridge girder. The next morning you strip the forms and finish the surface. You get the work of construction without the weather.
Estimated from BLS molders, shapers and casters (except metal and plastic).
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. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Growing as builders use more prefab concrete.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Forming, rebar and pouring custom pieces is heavy, varied work; robots help with some repeat steps.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at precast concrete plants or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Construction CTE, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9195.
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