Also called: Architectural Model Maker, Scale Model Builder
Builds tiny detailed models of buildings, cities, trains, and movie sets.
Model makers laser-cut parts, paint tiny people and trees, and build scale models for architects, museums, and films.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Architecture or design training; model-making programs.
Ways in: Trade school, 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Architecture, Industrial Design, Fine Arts.
Growing slowly. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Medium risk for 10 years. Photo-real renders and VR walk-throughs replace many architecture models; museum, film and display models still need human hands.
Classes: Art, Drafting/CAD, Woodshop, Geometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9031.
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