Also called: Pre-Engineered Metal Building Erector, Steel Building Erector
Assembles pre-engineered steel buildings like warehouses, barns, churches and shops from kit parts.
Your crew stands up steel frames with a lift, bolts on purlins and girts, then screws down roof and wall panels. A big warehouse goes up in a few weeks. Many crews travel from town to town.
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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. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Structural iron and steel workers overall.
Low risk for 10 years. Kit buildings are factory-designed, but bolting columns, girts and roof panels together on-site is manual crew work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to metal building erection crews; no experience needed
Classes: Geometry, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2221.
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