Builds homes and barns from huge wooden beams joined with pegs instead of nails.
You chisel a mortise into a 12-inch oak beam, test-fit it with its tenon, and on raising day watch a crane lift the whole frame into place.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. Learned in specialty shops or through Timber Framers Guild workshops.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Timber Framing (workshops), Carpentry.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. CNC joinery machines cut some frames, but hand-cut timber frames and raising them on-site remain a craft niche.
Classes: Woodshop, Geometry, History or art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2031.
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