
What is a Carpenter?
Carpenters work with many tools and materials to
build schools, erect skyscrapers, construct bridges,
tunnels and highways. Just about every building in
your community was at least partially built by skilled
journeyman carpenters. To be a carpenter is to be a
member of one of the oldest and most respected trades.
You can build a lifetime career in carpentry, if you
like working with tools and like to create things.
What is an Interior Systems Carpenter?
Here is an expanding field of work which offers
challenges to many young people entering the construction
trades. It involves the installation of a variety of
factory-produced systems and construction materials in
commercial buildings and public structures. Specialized
skills are brought into play as they assemble complex
interior systems using technical data supplied by
manufacturers. From acoustical ceiling systems to metal
doors, jambs and hardware the Interior Systems Carpenter
is the vanguard in modular construction methods.
What is a Millwright?
Millwrights are an elite group who work primarily
in metal and with machinery and equipment requiring
precision. If you like to work with machine tools and
precision instruments, and have a keen eye for the
perfect fit and have a good grasp of mathematics, you
might consider being a millwright. Millwrights sometime
work to specifications requiring tolerances to a
thousandth of an inch. They install conveyor systems,
giant electrical turbines and generators. Millwrights
install and perform maintenance on machinery in
factories, as well as much of the precision work in
nuclear power plants. They are also skilled construction
mechanics who study and interpret blueprints, and
then put their knowledge and expertise to work drilling,
welding, bolting and doing whatever else is necessary to
assure that the cogs of industry are in perfect working order.