Also called: Hood Cleaning Technician, Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Technician
Cleans the grease out of restaurant exhaust hoods, ducts and roof fans at night so kitchens don't catch fire.
After the restaurant closes at midnight, you wrap the kitchen in plastic, climb to the roof to remove the fan, and pressure-wash hot degreaser through the ducts. By 5 a.m. it's spotless and you've put a dated sticker on the hood for the fire inspector.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job training; IKECA certification.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Required by fire code for every commercial kitchen.
Low risk for 10 years. Scraping grease from hoods, ducts and rooftop fans at night is dirty physical work no robot does today.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to hood cleaning companies; they hire night crews with no experience
Classes: Shop class, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 37-2011.
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