| The construction industry is one industry which offers | | | | Although carpentry skills can be gained while doing |
| a good number of employment opportunities today, | | | | actual work, there are now vocational schools that |
| especially to carpenters. As well as new construction | | | | offer formal training and apprenticeships on this field. |
| projects, carpenters continue to be in demand in repair | | | | Employers want an employee who can come to work |
| and remodeling work. Specifically, the markets which | | | | already equipped with the carpentry skills he or she |
| are most promising for these skilled workers are | | | | needs to have to do a good job. Additionally, most |
| Residential building with the rise in housing plans, as well | | | | employers prefer to hire carpenters who have |
| as commercial carpentry. In 2006 alone, carpenters | | | | undergone apprenticeship because of the extensive |
| held approximately 1.5 million jobs. | | | | training it provides. Some even give weight to previous |
| Some factors attributed to the high demand for | | | | experience in the military service. |
| Carpentry and Construction technicians include the | | | | Carpenters who want to land in an entry-level job are |
| imminent high rate of retirement of workers in the | | | | not necessarily required to have college education. High |
| coming years and the comparatively smaller number | | | | school graduates with the right skills, notably in |
| of people with the right carpentry and construction | | | | mathematics and problem solving, good eye and hand |
| qualifications getting into the industry. It is actually being | | | | coordination as well as physically fitness can are more |
| forecast that the number of salary jobs in the | | | | likely to be qualified to start working. |
| construction industry will continue to grow by an | | | | However, before one is considered as a skilled |
| average of 11 percent until 2014. | | | | carpenter, several years of formal education and |
| As the construction industry maintains its | | | | hands-on training through apprenticeship are vital. |
| competitiveness, more training programs are being | | | | The proper instruction and basic training can be gained |
| offered by vocational and technical institutions. People | | | | from accredited vocational and technical schools as |
| who would like to make themselves more valued | | | | well as from online programs. A course in carpentry |
| employees can do so by earning an associate degree | | | | and construction technology normally combines |
| in carpentry and construction technology in less than | | | | classroom lecture and practical or on-the-job training. |
| two years. | | | | With the right knowledge and skills, any carpenter can |
| Carpentry involves a variety of work from blueprint | | | | outshine other applicants for the job and has a bigger |
| reading, cutting and sizing wood and other construction | | | | opportunity to start work at a higher level compared to |
| materials, installing drywall and windows, roof framing, | | | | those with no formal training. As they gain experience, |
| laying floors, making cabinets and building stairs among | | | | they can later advance to the position of either |
| many others. | | | | carpentry supervisor or general construction |
| Due to the nature of their job, well-rounded carpenters | | | | supervisor. |
| who can work in remodeling and residential and | | | | Construction projects show no sign of stopping in the |
| commercial construction with ease have a greater | | | | future. Whether there's a global financial crisis or not, |
| potential for advancement. More than all the workers | | | | structures from houses to commercial buildings, roads |
| involved in construction, the carpenters utilize the | | | | to bridges will always be built. Carpenters who have |
| highest number of hand tools ranging from the | | | | good experience and are capable of performing |
| hammer, chisel, sanders as well as power tools such | | | | different tasks have a bright future ahead of them. |
| as saws and electric drills. | | | | |