Carpenters
Trades
NOC 72310
Filmed in 
Prince George
Viviana takes a trip to Prince George to visit a carpenter. She learns how carpenters interpret drawings, create footings for walls, pour concrete into the footings, and mark posts for walls and beams. She also learns about training and apprenticeship.

What to know

Annual Earnings
$63,089
Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities
College Diploma or Apprenticeship, 2 or more years
Job Openings
(2024-2034)
11,880

Top Skills

Every job calls for a certain set of skills. Knowing those skills is the first step in finding a good career fit.

Here, you will find the 10 most relevant workplace skills. Some are more important to achieving success in a certain career than others. These skills may come naturally to you or you may need to gain them through education, training and experience.

See the list of work-related skills below, ranked in order of importance for this career. Check out the list and see if this career matches your skills—take that first step!

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Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Monitoring

Keeping track of and assessing your performance, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

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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.

Coordination

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

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Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Speaking

Talking to others to share information effectively.

Mathematics

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Active Learning

Understanding how new information could be used to solve current and future problems in making decisions.

Complex Problem Solving

Being able to solve novel, ill-defined problems in complex, real-world settings.

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