Lines furnaces, kilns, and boilers with heat-proof brick in steel mills and refineries.
You climb inside a cooled-down steel mill furnace, chip out cracked firebrick, and rebuild the lining before it is fired back up to 3,000 degrees.
Lots of overtime during plant shutdowns.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Bricklayer apprenticeship plus refractory specialty training.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Masonry Apprenticeship.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Relining furnaces and kilns in hot, cramped plants during shutdowns is specialized physical work.
Classes: Chemistry, Geometry, Masonry CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2021.
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