Builds piers, docks, and waterfront structures, often working over and in the water.
You work from a floating barge setting timber and steel piles for a new ferry dock, then bolt on the deck.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Union pile driver/carpenter apprenticeship.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Carpentry Apprenticeship.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Pile driving over water depends on cranes, tides and weather; it stays skilled, dangerous human work.
Classes: Physics, Construction CTE, Swimming or lifeguard training.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2031.
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