Also called: Rooftop Water Tank Builder, Tank Cooper
Builds and repairs the wooden water tanks perched on top of New York City buildings, using methods over a century old.
You haul cedar staves up to a rooftop in Manhattan and stand them in a circle like a giant barrel. Then you tighten steel hoops around them, and once water fills the tank, the wood swells until it seals itself.
Estimated; union carpentry rates in New York.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 2 years after high school. On-the-job apprenticeship with one of the few tank companies; carpentry background helps.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Carpentry (trade school).
Growing slowly. Very small field of a few companies; steady repair work.
Low risk for 10 years. Building wooden tanks on rooftops is old-school handcraft; machines will not replace it soon.
Classes: Woodshop, Physics, Geometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2031.
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