| Copyright (c) 2008 Able Skills | | | | instillation of skirting boards, cupboards, door handles |
| Carpentry is a very hands on job and is therefore | | | | and more intricate work. Indeed, the job of a |
| suited for anyone that like to work with their hands | | | | carpenter can be time consuming and intense. But it |
| and enjoys working outside. Carpentry jobs can | | | | may well be worth the rewards. You can be an |
| include small domestic task such as repairing a | | | | expert in one type of carpentry, or be able to take |
| window through to building timber frame houses | | | | on them all. |
| Work as a carpenter can range from the building of | | | | It is not necessary to complete formal school training |
| small porches and patios to building large buildings in | | | | to take on the career as a carpenter. However, |
| the city. Technically, a carpenter makes the wooden | | | | many jobs and companies will prefer you have some |
| fixtures and fittings used for both domestic and | | | | on the job skills of a carpenter before you work for |
| commercial projects. They then install these fixtures | | | | them. Labouring is oftern a way to gain experience |
| into the building they are working on. A carpenter can | | | | as a carpenter. Many companies will offer |
| be involved throughout an entire house build from | | | | apprenticeships to existing labourers. |
| laying the floorboards to building the roof trusses. | | | | There are college courses available that can get you |
| Basically, a well-trained and experienced carpenter can | | | | the knowledge you need to get started in carpentry |
| build a house or building from the bottom up. Some | | | | work. These may not be enough to get you a job |
| carpenters are experts in one specific aspect of the | | | | right of the bat with a company; however, they may |
| trade, while others are a "jack-of-all-trade" type of | | | | still want on-site experience. If you do decide to take |
| worker. | | | | classes, there are a few that can be very helpful to |
| Those who work as a carpenter could contract work | | | | the field of carpentry. Some basic skills are required |
| in many different ways. They could do formwork. | | | | to become a carpenter including basic Maths and |
| This is the temporary shuttering that is built to | | | | English skills. |
| support the concrete that is in the process of setting | | | | Once one is already an established carpenter, they |
| on a structure. An example of this would be bridge | | | | could take, in some cases, on the job training that |
| supports or the foundation to a house or building. A | | | | leads to NVQ qualifications. This could include working |
| carpenter may also work on machining, which is the | | | | in bench work, site work, shop fitting, timber frame |
| cutting and shaping of the wood for floorboards, or | | | | erection, and wheelwrighting. If you enjoy building |
| the skirting of boards and window frames. | | | | and want to get satisfying results from your job, a |
| First fixing refers to the work done to fit the | | | | career in carpentry might be just what you are |
| wooden structures onto the structure. These would | | | | looking for. Contact your local college to see how |
| include any stairways, partition walls, doors and | | | | you can get started on taking course to prepare you |
| window frames. The second fixing refers to the | | | | for this exciting and profitable career. |