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	Helpers--Carpenters	Carpenters	Construction Laborers	Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	Helpers--Roofers
SUMMARY	72% High Risk	28% Low Risk	51% Moderate Risk	53% Moderate Risk	54% Moderate Risk	44% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	3.4/10	7.0/10	5.2/10	3.4/10	5.0/10	4.5/10
POLLING	63% (High Risk, Based on 34 votes)	26% (Low Risk, Based on 519 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 286 votes)	46% (Moderate Risk, Based on 45 votes)	40% (Moderate Risk, Based on 28 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet
GROWTH by year 2034	4.5%	4.5%	7.3%	-1.6%	4.2%	5.7%
WAGES	$41,600 or $20.00 per hour	$59,310 or $28.51 per hour	$46,730 or $22.46 per hour	$46,020 or $22.12 per hour	$58,140 or $27.95 per hour	$40,590 or $19.51 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	24,610	697,740	1,057,660	79,540	82,900	5,170
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DESCRIPTION	Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.	Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.	Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.	Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.	Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.	Help roofers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

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