Employment Percentage: 
-54.954954954955
SOC ID: 
51-2051
SOC Title: 
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
ONET ID: 
51-2091.00
ONET Concat ID: 
51209100
Median Salary: 
34928.14
Ed Level High School: 
78.110001
Ed Level Certificate: 
7.41
Ed Level Some College: 
11.42
Ed Level Associates: 
3.07
Ed Level Bachelors: 
0
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Release air bubbles and smooth seams, using rollers.</li><li>Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts onto prepared molds or dies using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments.</li><li>Select precut fiberglass mats, cloth, and wood-bracing materials as required by projects being assembled.</li><li>Pat or press layers of saturated mat or cloth into place on molds, using brushes or hands, and smooth out wrinkles and air bubbles with hands or squeegees.</li><li>Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.</li><li>Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass.</li><li>Check completed products for conformance to specifications and for defects by measuring with rulers or micrometers, by checking them visually, or by tapping them to detect bubbles or dead spots.</li><li>Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.</li><li>Repair or modify damaged or defective glass-fiber parts, checking thicknesses, densities, and contours to ensure a close fit after repair.</li><li>Cure materials by letting them set at room temperature, placing them under heat lamps, or baking them in ovens.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
24304.21
Top Annual Earnings: 
59457.34
Title Slug: 
fiberglass-laminator-and-fabricator