Carpenter: A description for the carpenter job
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Carpenter – Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter’s handtools and power tools, and conforming to local building codes: Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, for example lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated. Selects specified type of lumber or other materials. Prepares layout, using rule, framing square, and calipers. Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials, using pencil, chalk, and marking gauge. Shapes materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, and planes. Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue. Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter’s level. Erects framework for structures and lays subflooring. Builds stairs and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work. Covers subfloor with building paper to keep out moisture and lays hardwood, parquet, and wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base. Applies shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls. Fits and installs prefabricated window frames, doors, doorframes, weather stripping, interior and exterior trim, and finish hardware, for example locks, letterdrops, and kick plates. Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete. Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level. May also weld metal parts to steel structural members. When specializing in particular phase of carpentry, is designated according to specialty as Combination-Window Installer (construction industry), Lay-Out Carpenter (construction industry). When specializing in finish carpentry, for example installing interior and exterior trim, building stairs, and laying hardwood floors, is designated Finish Carpenter (construction industry). When erecting frame buildings and performing general carpentry work in residential construction, is designated House Carpenter (construction industry). May also remove and replace sections of structures prior to and after installation of insulating materials and be designated Building-Insulating Carpenter (construction industry) (retail industry). May also perform carpentry work in construction of walk-in freezers and environmental test chambers and be designated Carpenter, Refrigerator (service industry). May also be designated: Door Hanger (construction industry), Finished-Hardware Erector (construction industry), Garage-Door Hanger (construction industry), Hardwood-Floor Installer (construction industry), Jalousie Installer (construction industry), Stair Builder (construction industry), Trim Setter (construction industry), Weather Stripper (construction industry), Wood-Sash-And-Frame Carpenter (construction industry), Wood-Strip-Block Floor Installer (construction industry).
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