Also called: Tornado Shelter Installer, Safe Room Installer
Installs underground and in-garage tornado shelters and steel safe rooms in Tornado Alley homes and schools.
In Oklahoma your crew cuts a hole in a garage floor with a concrete saw and digs a pit. You drop in a steel shelter, anchor it, pour concrete around it, and test the sliding door so a family can dive in when sirens go off.
Estimated; busiest after tornado outbreaks.
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. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: None required.
Growing faster than average. State rebate programs and storms boost shelter sales.
Low risk for 10 years. Cutting garage floors and anchoring shelters stays hands-on crew work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to storm shelter companies for installer crew jobs
Classes: Construction tech, Welding, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4099.
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