Also called: Resinous Flooring Installer, Garage Floor Coating Installer
Grinds concrete floors and applies tough epoxy or polyurethane coatings in garages, warehouses, hospitals and food plants.
You grind the concrete with a big diamond grinder, fix cracks, then roll out a colored epoxy coat and broadcast colored flakes into it. You work fast before it hardens. Many installers start their own small business.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma or less; learned on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing faster than average. Growing with home garage upgrades and warehouses.
Low risk for 10 years. Grinding and coating floors in garages and plants is hands-on; chemistry improves but crews still do the work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to epoxy and garage floor coating companies for crew jobs
Classes: Chemistry, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2042.
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