If you have ever though about becoming a carpenter, then this article is for you. You will know more about this job at the end of your reading.
It is very difficult for your body, because of the hard labor work, but it is also very satisfying to start why nothing at the beginning and to have a house at the end.
Carpenters have many tasks to do, but they mainly build structural buildings, like a house for example. They have to build wood or aluminum structures to make a building or to repair a building. They work hard with their hands and with many tools.
On a typical day, they can make flooring, they can make a roof, or they can put siding. This job is very diversified, and you always have something different to do. They need to take measure, chop wood, screw pieces together and so much more tasks. It is sometimes very fun but some other times not really depending on the weather. Even if it is cold outside, in the winter, they have to keep working to finished on time.
Carpenters work inside and outside, on houses or commercial buildings. They go where the building site is, so they can work pretty much everywhere.
To become a carpenter, you need to do a formation called DEP. It is a duration of ten months, and after that, if you succeed, you can start working for a company. Also, you can "enter through the pools". That situation happened when there is a lack of workers, and they need workers, so they have a permission to go work and do the training on ten years by the weekend.
The salary ranges of carpenters depends on the years of experience they have. At the very beginning they get out of school with a $22 per hour salary, and after four full years of working, they have a $37 per hour salary.
They need to get CNESST training, to be able to work safely in the field. Sometimes, the boss could ask his workers to have the first-aid training too. They can learn how to read blueprints too.
There are many dangers for carpenters. First, you can fall off a high place, like a roof. You can get cut, you can be hit by something, and you can get hurt with a tool.
There are no chances that robots will replace carpenters because they need to have very good dexterity with hands and it not a simple job that robot can do.
Usually carpenters can retire at the age of 55 years old.
As you can see, being a carpenter requires a strong body and a good dexterity with your hands. You can not be scared of heights or the temperature.
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