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Job Name Carpenters
Description Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall and batt or roll insulation. Include brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways to control the proper circulation of air through the passageways and to the working places. [SOC] "The nontropical woods (e.g., white pine) used by carpenters rarely cause allergic contact dermatitis." [Marks, p. 314]
Category Construction
SOC Code 47-2031
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