Also called: Mat Sinking Unit Worker, Bank Stabilization Crew
Lays giant blankets of concrete blocks on the Mississippi riverbed to stop the river from eating its banks.
Each fall a floating Army Corps of Engineers plant moves down the Mississippi. Crews link thousands of concrete squares into a huge mat on a barge deck, then slide it into the current to cover the riverbank and bottom. Workers live aboard in quarters for weeks, working fast while river levels are low.
Seasonal federal job, roughly August to December.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school; trained by the Corps on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Small, long-running federal program.
Low risk for 10 years. Barge cranes and GPS help place mats, but assembling and sinking them is crew work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply for seasonal Army Corps of Engineers mat-sinking jobs on USAJobs in early spring First: Federal hiring paperwork and a physical exam
Classes: Shop class, Physical education, Earth science.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.