Also called: Brazing Technician, Torch Brazer
Joins metal parts by melting a filler metal into the joint without melting the parts, for air conditioners, jet engines and medical devices.
You heat copper tubes on an air conditioner coil with a torch until silver alloy flows into the joint like water. Later you load turbine parts into a vacuum furnace that brazes hundreds of joints at once.
Estimated from BLS solderers and brazers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0.5 years after high school. Welding certificate or on-the-job training.
Ways in: Trade school, On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Welding Technology.
Growing about average. Steady in HVAC, aerospace and medical manufacturing.
Medium risk for 10 years. Automated furnace and robot brazing are spreading; skilled hand work and aerospace jobs remain.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to HVAC and equipment factories for brazer trainee jobs; they train on the line
Classes: Welding or metal shop, Chemistry, Art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-4121.
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