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Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, & Wall

Also called: Insulation Installer, Installer, Insulator, Insulation Estimator

What they do:
Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.
On the job, you would:
  • Read blueprints and select appropriate insulation, based on space characteristics and the heat retaining or excluding characteristics of the material.
  • Measure and cut insulation for covering surfaces, using tape measures, handsaws, power saws, knives, or scissors.
  • Cover and line structures with blown or rolled forms of materials to insulate against cold, heat, or moisture, using saws, knives, rasps, trowels, blowers, or other tools and implements.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology
  • building and construction
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Transportation
  • movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design

Skills

Basic Skills
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Hand and Finger Use
  • hold or move items with your hands
  • keep your arm or hand steady
Endurance
  • exercise for a long time without getting out of breath

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Persistence
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Project management software
  • CMSN FieldPAK
  • Comput-Ability MIKE 2000
Analytical or scientific software
  • North American Insulation Manufacturers Association NAIMA 3E Plus

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average Outlook
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Salary
$32,420
per year, on average
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Green
This work is part of the green economy.

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