Makes custom glass equipment for chemistry labs, universities, and semiconductor plants.
You heat a glass tube in a torch flame and shape it into a one-of-a-kind piece of lab equipment a scientist sketched on a napkin.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree in scientific glassblowing (very few programs) or apprenticeship.
Ways in: 2-year college, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Scientific Glassblowing (2-year).
Growing slowly. Tiny field with retiring workers.
Low risk for 10 years. Each lab piece is custom; glassblowers shaping hot glass at a torch are rare and hard to replace.
Classes: Chemistry, Art, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9195.
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