Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.

Other names for Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators: Boat Assembler, Boat Builder, Boat Carpenter, Chopper Gun Operator, Composite Mechanic, Composite Technician, Fiberglass Boat Maker, Fiberglass Container Winding Operator, Fiberglass Finisher, Fiberglass Grinder, Fiberglass Laminator, Fiberglass Luggage Molder, Fiberglass Machine Operator, Fiberglass Roller, Fiberglasser, Foam Tank Laminator, Gel-Coater, Golf Cart Assembler, Golf Cart Maker, Hull Line Crew Member, Laborer, Lamination Technician, Laminator, Pre-Fabricator, Roller, Ski Maker,

• Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.
• Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass.
• 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.
• Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.
• Repair or modify damaged or defective glass-fiber parts, checking thicknesses, densities, and contours to ensure a close fit after repair.
• Cure materials by letting them set at room temperature, placing them under heat lamps, or baking them in ovens.
• 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.
• Mask off mold areas which are not to be laminated, using cellophane, wax paper, masking tape, or special sprays containing mold-release substances.
• Apply lacquers and waxes to mold surfaces to facilitate assembly and removal of laminated parts.
• Check all dies, templates, and cutout patterns to be used in the manufacturing process to ensure that they conform to dimensional data, photographs, blueprints, samples, and/or customer specifications.
• Inspect, clean, and assemble molds before beginning work.
• Trim cured materials by sawing them with diamond-impregnated cutoff wheels.
• Release air bubbles and smooth seams, using rollers.
• Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts onto prepared molds or dies using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments.
• Select precut fiberglass mats, cloth, and woodbracing materials as required by projects being assembled.
• 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.

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• Paint sprayers
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• Power drills
• Power screwguns
• Power grinders
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• Respirators
• Pipe bending mandrels
• Rulers
• Scaffolding
• Squeegees or washers
• Utility knives
• Glass vacuum moldings
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