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Career Details :: Construction Carpenters
Description
Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Fills cracks and other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sands patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.
- Measures and marks cutting lines on materials, using ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
- Installs structures and fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, and trim, or hardware, using carpenter's hand and power tools.
- Inspects ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or woodwork to detect broken or damaged structures.
- Removes damaged or defective parts or sections of structure and repairs or replaces, using hand tools.
- Estimates amount and kind of lumber or other materials required, and selects and orders them.
- Studies specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to determine materials required and dimensions of structure to be fabricated.
- Prepares layout according to blueprint or oral instructions, using rule, framing square, and calipers.
- Shapes or cuts materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saw.
- Builds or repairs cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, and other wooden fixtures used in buildings, using woodworking machines, carpenter's hand tools, and power tools.
- Finishes surfaces of woodworking or wallboard in houses and buildings, using paint, hand tools, and paneling.
- Verifies trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.
- Assembles and fastens materials, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue, to make framework or props.
Related Careers
- Boat Builders and Shipwrights
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Carpenter Assemblers and Repairers
- Helpers, Carpenters
- Plumbers
- Rough Carpenters
- Welders and Cutters
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Consequence of Error
- Hazardous Equipment
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