Job Demand: High
Average weekly wage: $1,120
Where you could work:
Construction Firms - Metricon Homes, Coral Homes
Cabinet Makers / Shop Fitters - Projects Queensland
Self Employed
Carpenters and Joinerss do the following tasks:
- studying drawings and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedures
- ordering and selecting timbers and materials, and preparing layouts
- cutting materials, and assembling and nailing cut and shaped parts
- erecting framework and roof framing, laying sub-flooring and floorboards and verifying trueness of structures
- nailing fascia panels, sheathing roofs, and fitting exterior wall cladding and door and window frames
- assembling prepared wood to form structures and fittings ready to install
- cutting wood joints
- may construct concrete formwork
- may repair existing fittings
- may work with plastic laminates, perspex and metals