Also called: Pool Table Installer, Billiard Mechanic
Moves, levels and re-covers pool tables, fitting heavy slate pieces and stretching new cloth tight as a drum.
You take apart a 900-pound pool table in a basement, haul out the three slate slabs, and set them up in the new house. You level the slate to a hair, wax the seams, and staple new felt so balls roll perfectly straight.
Estimated; often self-employed or part-time.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0.5 years after high school. High school plus on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: None required.
Growing slowly. Small niche tied to home game rooms and bars.
Low risk for 10 years. Leveling slate and stretching cloth in customers’ homes is physical craft.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to billiard stores and table movers for helper jobs
Classes: Woodshop, Geometry, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9099.
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