Manufacturing (Manufacturing, Installation & Repair)

  • Are you good at working with your hands?
  • Do you set up or repair stereo equipment?
  • Can you explain to others how a machine works?
  • Do you enjoy reading about the latest developments in electronics?
  • Can you visualize how a machine works?

In the Manufacturing, Installation, and Repair career cluster, you can choose one of several options. You might design a new product or determine how the product will be made. Another option is to make the product. The final option is to install and repair the product once it has been purchased.

Some of the Fastest Growing Occupations through 2014:

Occupation

Hourly Wages

Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$14.17
$21.99
$25.90

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$16.95
$25.30
$29.48

Industrial Engineering Technicians

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$15.31
$21.63
$24.80

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$15.26
$20.32
$22.85

Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.19
$14.67
$16.41

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.18
$14.75
$16.53

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$12.11
$15.75
$17.57

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Steers, Operators, and Tenders

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.60
$14.82
$16.43

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.05
$14.49
$16.23

Sheet Metal Workers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$10.87
$18.92
$22.93

Painters, Transportation Equipment

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$9.65
$14.07
$16.28

Team Assemblers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$9.53
$13.10
$14.88

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$13.32
$16.59
$18.22

Helpers-Production Workers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$8.16
$11.39
$13.01

Iowans describing his or her job will be available on the IPTV website at: www.careers.iptv.org
For other related occupations, job descriptions, hourly wages, and outlook refer to
the Iowa Career Resource Guide at http://www.iowa.gov/educate or http://iwin.iowaworkforce.org

Source: Iowa Career Resource Guide