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Carpentry Training Program
Carpentry Training Program
at Southeast Michigan Construction Academy
Detroit Catalog
Carpenters cut, shape, fit and assemble building materials in the construction of buildings. Carpenters today build with wood, metal, plastics, fiberglass and Styrofoam. Following blueprints they measure, layout, and build foundations, walls, floors, ceiling and roofs.
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Carpenters
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.
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$36,160
$51,390
$89,950
$17.39
$24.71
$43.25