Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators

What Does a Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators Do?

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

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Release air bubbles and smooth seams, using rollers.
• 2Spray chopped fiberglass, resins, and catalysts onto prepared molds or dies using pneumatic spray guns with chopper attachments.
• 3Mix catalysts into resins, and saturate cloth and mats with mixtures, using brushes.
• 4Check 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.
• 5Pat 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.
• 6Select precut fiberglass mats, cloth, and wood-bracing materials as required by projects being assembled.
• 7Bond wood reinforcing strips to decks and cabin structures of watercraft, using resin-saturated fiberglass.
• 8Trim excess materials from molds, using hand shears or trimming knives.

Required Skills

• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software