Fiberglass Fabricator
- Craft durable structures for boats, cars, and more with precision and skill.
- Play a key role in shaping innovative transportation and recreational products.
- Transform raw materials into sleek, functional designs using advanced techniques.
💰 Earn $39K-$59K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Good (Increasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Release air bubbles and smooth seams, using rollers.
- Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts onto prepared molds or dies using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments.
- Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.
- 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.
- 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.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Equipment Maintenance
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Job security
- Personal relationships
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Fiberglass Fabricator
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