Builds the wooden skeleton of houses and apartments.
You nail together wall panels, stand them up with your crew, and frame an entire house in a week.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No degree; you learn on the job with a framing crew, often with an OSHA 10-hour safety card, and get faster with experience.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Factory-built wall panels and robotic framing lines are growing, so some site framing shifts indoors over the next decade.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to framing contractors or ask on house job sites; crews hire helpers with no experience
Classes: Geometry, Woodshop, Construction CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2031.
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