Also called: Breakaway Artist, SFX Fabricator
Makes fake glass, chairs, bottles, and walls that shatter safely during stunts.
A breakaway maker casts sugar-like resin into window panes and bottles, builds balsa chairs that splinter on impact, and tests each one so it breaks just right.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Mold making and casting skills, often learned in SFX shops.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Sculpture, Industrial Design.
Growing about average. Small niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Molding fake glass, chairs and walls that shatter safely is hands-on craft that stays human.
Classes: Art (sculpture), Chemistry, Woodshop, Theater tech crew.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9195.
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