Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Various locations

• Read blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine work requirements
• Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes, using measuring tools
• Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials
• Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware

Interest in precision working to prepare layouts that conform to building codes using measuring tools

OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to prepare layouts that conform to building codes using measuring tools

METHODICAL

Interest in speaking to apprentices and other construction workers to supervise their activities

INNOVATIVE

Interest in compiling information to build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job

Does the idea of using wood to build the things around us entice you? Can you do math quickly? Then maybe you can nail down a career as a carpenter.

Can you see a drawing as a real object? Do you have good balance, vision, and hearing? Are you strong and safety conscious? Then you find support in a career as a scaffold erector.