Video: Home Builders Promote Carpentry Trades
Date postedJuly 13, 2022
Originally Published by: NAHB — July, 2022
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Carpenters are needed in all areas of construction and are often employed through the entire construction process. Thus, it is one of the most secure jobs within the industry.
$54,200 Average National Wage
In the carpentry trade you will learn to:
- Frame floors, walls, ceilings and roofs
- Build concrete forms
- Apply plywood, roof paper and shingles
- Build and set cabinets and countertops
- Install doors, windows, trim and siding
- Install floor joists, rafters and trusses
- Lay wood flooring
- Operate table saws, power drills, routers, joiners, planers and nail guns
Once you complete training, you have a variety of employment options:
- Apprenticeship programs
- Home builders
- Sub-contractors
- Remodelers
- Commercial builders