business backgrounder | education & workforce
skilled jobs
As demand for a qualified, technically-trained workforce continues to grow,
students have an array of composites career options, from entry-level positions
as an assembler or laminator that start at $15 per hour to engineering positions
paying $75,000 per year.
The field boasts impressive career mobility: Community and technical college
students can complete a certificate program in as little as six months, enter the
field, then return to earn another
certificate, building their expertise
and earning power.
“This is a greening industry.
The development of new
resins, best practices and
technologies will facilitate
safer, cleaner, more
sustainable processes.”