Also called: CLT Plant Technician, Glulam Production Worker
Glues and presses layers of lumber into giant cross-laminated timber panels and glulam beams used to build wooden skyscrapers.
You feed boards through a finger-jointer, spread glue, and stack layers crosswise in a giant press. Then a CNC machine cuts window openings and the panel is wrapped for shipping. Your panels become floors of 18-story buildings.
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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 faster than average. Mass timber construction is growing quickly.
Medium risk for 10 years. Mass timber plants are new and highly automated, but growing demand keeps technicians hiring for now.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at mass timber plants or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Woodshop class, Construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-7042.
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