Learns carpentry on real job sites while taking classes.
You cut studs, learn to read blueprints, and build your first set of stairs under a journeyman's eye.
Pay rises every 6-12 months.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; apply to a union or contractor apprenticeship. Paid while learning.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Carpentry Apprenticeship.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Apprentices frame, form and finish on real job sites; retirements keep openings strong for new carpenters.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to builders and contractor apprenticeship programs (like ABC chapters); union programs take longer
Classes: Geometry, Woodshop, Construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2031.
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