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Helpers--Carpenters

$37.49K Median Salary 3.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 0.6% Job Growth

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About This Career

Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Reported Job Titles

Carpenter Assistant, Carpenter Helper, Carpenter's Helper

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Manual Dexterity

Extent Flexibility

Multilimb Coordination

Problem Sensitivity

Static Strength

Category Flexibility

Control Precision

Deductive Reasoning

Depth Perception

Finger Dexterity

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Reaction Time

Selective Attention

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Trunk Strength

Visualization

Knowledge

Building and Construction

Mathematics

Mechanical

Transportation

English Language

Customer and Personal Service

Production and Processing

Design

Public Safety and Security

Administration and Management

Education and Training

Telecommunications

Skills

Active Listening

Complex Problem Solving

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Social Perceptiveness

Speaking

Technology Skills

Accounting software

Presentation software

Project management software

Operating system software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Word processing software

Computer aided design CAD software

Tools

Squares

Screwdrivers

Levels

Power saws

Tape measures

Calipers

Floats

Sawing machines

Utility knives

Planes

Sockets

Metal markers or holders

Ear plugs

Hand or push drill

Sledge hammer

Wood chisels

Saws

Power sanders

Claw hammer

Cheesegrater file

Mitre box

Power screwguns

Ladders

Air compressors

Respirators

Scaffolding

Hand clamps

Notebook computers

Power drills

Shovels

Chalk lines

Brooms

Power grinders

Plumb bobs

Concrete vibrators

Picks

Caulking guns

Adjustable wrenches

Personal computers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Knowledge

Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Technology Skills

Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit

Tools

Squares:
Screwdrivers: Mini screwdriver sets
Levels: Optical levels
Power saws: Chain saws
Tape measures: Diameter tape measures
Calipers: Dial calipers; Digital calipers; Vernier calipers
Floats: Concrete floats; Rubber floats; Spreaders; Wood floats
Sawing machines: Miter saws; Multiple blade sawing machines
Utility knives: Precision knives
Planes: Shapers; Spindle shapers
Sockets: Socket wrenches
Metal markers or holders: Centering head tools; Magnetic circle layout tools; Radius markers
Ear plugs: Protective ear plugs
Hand or push drill: Hammer head borers; Hand drills
Sledge hammer: Steel sledge hammers
Wood chisels:
Saws: Multi-purpose saw sets
Power sanders: Power hand sanders
Claw hammer: Claw hammers
Cheesegrater file: Wood files
Mitre box: Mitre boxes
Power screwguns: Electric screwdrivers
Ladders: Extension ladders
Air compressors:
Respirators: Half-face respirators; Respirator hose masks
Scaffolding:
Hand clamps:
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Power drills: Hand drills
Shovels: Snow shovels
Chalk lines: Chalk line markers; Roofing layout tapes
Brooms: Concrete finishing brushes
Power grinders: Underwater power grinders
Plumb bobs:
Concrete vibrators: Internal concrete vibrators; Surface concrete vibrators
Picks:
Caulking guns:
Adjustable wrenches: Adjustable hand wrenches
Personal computers: