National
| Median wages (2008) |
$12.21 hourly, $25,390 annual |
| Employment (2006) |
109,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) |
Average (7% to 13%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) |
40,000 additional employees |
47-3012.00 - Helpers--Carpenters
Help carpenters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Sample of reported job titles:
Carpenter Helper, Carpenter Apprentice
Tasks
- Position and hold timbers, lumber, and paneling in place for fastening or cutting.
- Erect scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
- Select tools, equipment, and materials from storage and transport items to work site.
- Fasten timbers or lumber with glue, screws, pegs, or nails and install hardware.
- Clean work areas, machines, and equipment, to maintain a clean and safe jobsite.
- Hold plumb bobs, sighting rods, or other equipment to aid in establishing reference points and lines.
- Align, straighten, plumb, and square forms for installation.
- Cut timbers, lumber and/or paneling to specified dimensions, and drill holes in timbers or lumber.
- Smooth and sand surfaces to remove ridges, tool marks, glue, or caulking.
- Perform tie spacing layout and measure, mark, drill or cut.
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Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
| Hammers — Claw hammers; Sledgehammers |
| Levels — Carpenters' levels; Precision levels |
| Screwdrivers — Phillips head screwdrivers; Straight screwdrivers |
| Squares — Combination squares; Framing squares; Layout squares |
| Utility knives — Drywall knives |
Technology used in this occupation:
| Accounting software — Intuit QuickBooks; Intuit Quicken software; Job costing software |
| Computer aided design CAD software — Drawing and drafting software |
| Office suite software — Microsoft Office software |
| Project management software — Bosch Punch List; Cost estimating software; Craftsman CD Estimator; Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal Architect |
| Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel |
