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Employment Percentage
-65.42056075
SOC ID
51-2051
SOC Title
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
ONET ID
51-2051.00
ONET Concat ID
51205100
Median Salary
39795.7
Ed Level High School
88.339996
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
11.02
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
0.63
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.
Core Tasks
  • 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.
  • Select precut fiberglass mats, cloth, and wood-bracing materials as required by projects being assembled.
  • Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass.
  • Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.
Start Annual Earnings
28701.94
Top Annual Earnings
64804.27
EMSI Career Title Slug
fiberglass-laminator-or-fabricator