Carpenters

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.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.

Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.

Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.

Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws.

Install structures or fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, trim, or hardware, using carpenters' hand or power tools.

Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.

Select and order lumber or other required materials.

Arrange for subcontractors to deal with special areas, such as heating or electrical wiring work.

Maintain records, document actions, and present written progress reports.

Build or repair cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, or other wooden fixtures used in buildings, using woodworking machines, carpenter's hand tools, or power tools.

Erect scaffolding or ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

Anchor and brace forms and other structures in place, using nails, bolts, anchor rods, steel cables, planks, wedges, and timbers.

Inspect ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or woodwork to detect broken or damaged structures.

Assemble and fasten materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.

Bore boltholes in timber, masonry or concrete walls, using power drill.

Maintain job records and schedule work crew.

Remove damaged or defective parts or sections of structures and repair or replace, using hand tools.

Install rough door and window frames, subflooring, fixtures, or temporary supports in structures undergoing construction or repair.

Finish surfaces of woodwork or wallboard in houses or buildings, using paint, hand tools, or paneling.

Examine structural timbers and supports to detect decay, and replace timbers as required, using hand tools, nuts, and bolts.

Apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative paneling to ceilings or walls.

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.

Fill cracks or other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.

Perform minor plumbing, welding, or concrete mixing work.

Prepare cost estimates for clients or employers.

Construct forms or chutes for pouring concrete.

Build sleds from logs and timbers for use in hauling camp buildings and machinery through wooded areas.

Dig or direct digging of post holes and set poles to support structures.

A-frame levels

Air compressors

Auger bits

Baluster jigs

Band saws

Bandsaws

Beam-lifting jacks

Belt sanders

Biscuit joiners

Brad tackers

Calipers

Cat's paws

Caulking guns

Chain saw jigs

Combination squares

Compound miter saws

Cordless drills

Cross-curve tape measures

Dado blades

Disc grinders

Draw chisels

Drill presses

Drum sanders

Electric impact wrenches

Electric planers

Extension ladders

Fall arrest systems

Framing hammers

Hammer staplers

Hand saws

Handheld calculators

Handheld rotary tools

Hard hats

Ladder jacks

Ladder levelers

Laser measuring tools

Marking gauges

Mini pry bars

Moisture meters

Multi-tip screwdrivers

Needlenose pliers

Notebook computers

Pencil compasses

Personal computers

Personal digital assistants PDA

Pettibones

Planes

Plumb bobs

Plunge routers

Pneumatic nail guns

Power generators

Protractors

Push sticks

Respirators

Right triangles

Rotary hammers

Rulers

Saw guides

Sledgehammers

Sliding t-bevels

Snips

Templates

Theodolites

Transit levels

Truck cranes

Utility knives

Wood files

Work boots

Bosch Punch List

Drawing and drafting software

Intuit QuickBooks

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Renaissance MasterCarpenter

Web browser software

Web page creation and editing software

Nail guns

Microsoft Windows

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