Also called: Standing Seam Roofer, Copper Roofer
Shapes and installs copper, zinc and steel roofs, domes, gutters and spires on churches, mansions and landmarks.
You bend sheets of copper on a brake and fold their seams together by hand on a church steeple. Later you shape a curved copper cap for a dome, solder the joints and hang hand-made gutters.
Estimated; restoration specialists earn top rates.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Sheet metal or roofing apprenticeship.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Sheet Metal Technology, Roofing (apprenticeship).
Growing about average. Steady high-end and restoration market.
Low risk for 10 years. Machines can roll panels, but shaping copper domes and steeples stays handcraft.
Classes: Metal shop, Geometry, Art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2211.
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