Fiberglass Position

Just curious what the current year or hourly rate for a fiberglass employee thats knows about coring and vacuum bagging? Is it 10,12,15 an hour...what?

Thanks in advance
Kev

Ohhh...forgot to mention it's for Florida area...

[CarrollLaMar]

Depends on the project. The skill of the practitioner. There's a lot of guys in Florida who know a lot about fiberglass and it's applications who are still making 8-10 bucks an hour. Some of the older more experienced fellows don't want to work the chemicals anymore. Seems like everyone dislikes the fiberglass.

$8-10.00 for a glass Guy that does Vinylester Resin/Vacuum Bagging??? If so, why so cheap? It's a shame that in Florida the Marine Market is HUGE and the Craftsmen only make that little....now if someone KNOWS a good deal....is 12-14 an hour a OK pay? Just trying to figure out what the market bares

Kev

[BVI Jon]

Kev,

Supply and demand. The market IS huge in S FL, but there are thousands of people that can "do 'glass work".

But, with the skills you mentioned, if you can get into a good, reputable yard or manufacturer, and prove that you are better than the average "glass guy", then the $ is a bit better.

Also, ain't many people making much money around boats these days.

Good luck,
Jon.

[chubmanjoe]

There are people making money with the bigger yards, and those are the clients we are working with. We are a recruiting firm, and we have openings for lamination & assembly team leaders, electrical & mechanical & product engineers, design (CAD) engineers and marine engineers.

Please e-mail us at:

info@mri-trinitygroup.com

Thanks,

Joe

www.mri-trinitygroup.com

Originally Posted by CarrollLaMar

Depends on the project. The skill of the practitioner. There's a lot of guys in Florida who know a lot about fiberglass and it's applications who are still making 8-10 bucks an hour. Some of the older more experienced fellows don't want to work the chemicals anymore. Seems like everyone dislikes the fiberglass.

You've been around the chemicals too long . I'm from Maine, no one pays well up here but with 12 years experiance i won't get out of bed for 10.00 an hour