Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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Environment
Construction Carpenters are involved in many types of construction. These can include building highways and brides, to installing kitchen cabinets. Carpenters work both indoors and outdoors which can include physically demanding and strenuous tasks.
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Salary Breakdown
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$54,200
AVERAGE ANNUALLY
$31,200
ENTRY LEVEL
$49,520
MID LEVEL
$87,410
EXPERT LEVEL
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Top Expected Tasks
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Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.
Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
Assemble and fasten materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.
Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.
Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws.
Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.
Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, or wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
Construct forms or chutes for pouring concrete.
Arrange for subcontractors to deal with special areas, such as heating or electrical wiring work.
Build or repair cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, or other wooden fixtures used in buildings, using woodworking machines, carpenter's hand tools, or power tools.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
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KNOWLEDGE
Building and Construction
KNOWLEDGE
Administration and Management
KNOWLEDGE
Mathematics
KNOWLEDGE
Design
KNOWLEDGE
Engineering and Technology
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Critical Thinking
SKILL
Monitoring
SKILL
Coordination
SKILL
Quality Control Analysis
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
ABILITY
Visualization
ABILITY
Finger Dexterity
ABILITY
Manual Dexterity
ABILITY
Near Vision
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