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High School

What high school courses should you take if you're interested in this career? Get your answers from the Arts, Audio-Video Technology and Communications cluster Visual Arts pathway.

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Although there are no degrees available in sign-making, experience in graphic arts or construction is beneficial to anyone interested in this career.

"Education is the number one problem in this field," says Wade Swormstedt, associate publisher of Signs of the Times magazine. "Although there are a scattering of schools for sign makers [teaching how to work with neon or sign painting], most people have to learn on the job."

On the art of neon sign-making, sign maker Howard Cohen of New York suggests going to a recognized school that teaches the art form. "Do not try it on your own. It could be dangerous and most of all very frustrating if you have little to no knowledge base."