Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.
16,170 people do this job in the US. $46,880 a year.
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Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 0%. Today's estimate: 0%.
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The tasks
Sorted by . 16 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts onto prepared molds or dies using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 13% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 12% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| 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.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 9% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Apply layers of plastic resin to mold surfaces prior to placement of fiberglass mats, repeating layers until products have the desired thicknesses and plastics have jelled.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 9% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Repair or modify damaged or defective glass-fiber parts, checking thicknesses, densities, and contours to ensure a close fit after repair.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Release air bubbles and smooth seams, using rollers.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| 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.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Select precut fiberglass mats, cloth, and wood-bracing materials as required by projects being assembled.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Inspect, clean, and assemble molds before beginning work.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 33 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Trim cured materials by sawing them with diamond-impregnated cutoff wheels.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
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