Also called: Restoration Technician
Brings rusty old classic cars back to showroom condition.
Restorers strip cars to bare metal, fabricate missing parts, rebuild engines, and paint, sometimes spending thousands of hours on one car. McPherson College even has a bachelor's in automotive restoration.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Automotive restoration program or apprenticeship.
Ways in: Trade school, Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Automotive Restoration, Automotive Technology.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Fabricating parts and rebuilding engines on decades-old cars is custom hands-on work; 3D scanning just helps.
Classes: Auto tech CTE, Welding, Metal shop, Art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-3023.
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