CARPENTRY

There are  thousands of professions in the world. Do you know them  all? Where do they work? Check your knowledge

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Exercise 3

But you have made your choice and would like to be  a constructional carpenter. What do you know about this occupation?

Exercise 4

Read the text and find out about the carpentry

A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who performs carpentry.Sometimes he is also called a joiner. Carpenters work with wood to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work may involve manual labor and work outdoors.

Exercise 5

Watch the video about the carpenter jobs

Carpentry skill is gained through experience and study. Outside of unions, there are no formal training requirements (in the U.S.) and the trade can be easy to enter. In other countries, such as Germany, Japan and Canada there are strict standards. The word "carpenter" is the English rendering of the Old French word carpentier (become charpentier) which is derived from the Latin carpentrius  which means maker of a carriage.

  In British slang, a carpenter is sometimes referred to as a "chippie".

 In Australia, they are often called "tradies". One of the German words for carpenter is "Zimmermann" (room-maker, literally room-man), and hence is the source for the surname in German and English-speaking countries. Inside the job, there are several specialists:

 A finish carpenter , also called a joiner, is one who does finish carpentry; that is, cabinetry, furniture making, fine woodworking, model building, instrument making, parquetry, joinery, or other carpentry where exact joints and minimal margins of error are important. Some large-scale construction may be of an exactitude and artistry that it is classed as finish carpentry.

Exercise 6

Watch the video about how to do finish carpentry

Exercise 7

Please read the text and watch the video about trim carpentry

A trim carpenter specializes in molding and trim, such as door and window casings, mantels, baseboard, and other types of ornamental work. Cabinet installers may also be referred to as trim carpenters.

 A cabinetmaker is a carpenter who does fine and detailed work, specializing in the making of cabinets made from wood, wardrobes, dressers, storage chests, and other furniture designed for storage.Cabinet making is the practice of using various woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture.
Cabinet making involves techniques such as creating appropriate joints, dados, bevels, chamfers and shelving systems, the use of finishing tools such as routers to create decorative edgings, and so on.
The fundamental focus of the cabinet maker is the production of cabinetry. A cabinet may be built-in or free-standing. A built-in cabinet is usually custom made for a particular situation and it is fixed into position, on a floor, against a wall, or framed in an opening. For example modern kitchens are examples of built-in cabinetry. Free-standing cabinets are more commonly available as off-the-shelf items and can be moved from place to place if required. Cabinets may be wall hung or suspended from the ceiling.
Cabinets may have a face frame or may be of frameless construction.

A ship's carpenter specializes in shipbuilding, maintenance, and repair techniques and carpentry specific to nautical needs; usually the term refers to a carpenter who has a post on a specific ship. Steel warships as well as wooden ones need ship's carpenters, especially for making emergency repairs in the case of battle or storm damage.

A scenic carpenter in film-making, TV, and the theater builds and dismantles temporary scenery and sets.

A framer is a carpenter that builds the skeletal structure or framework of buildings. Techniques include platform framing, balloon framing, or timber framing (which may be post-and-beam or mortise-and-tenon framing).A framer is a carpenter who assembles the major structural elements of a wood-framed building. Framers build walls out of studs, sills, and headers; build floors from joists and beams; and frame roofs using ridge poles and rafters.

A formwork carpenter creates the shuttering and falsework used in concrete construction.

Exercise 8

You are going to meet young carpenter Kenneth from Canada and he is explaining why he decided to become carpenter.  This interview is taken in "WorldSkills" competition and learning carpentry well you have also possibility to take part in this competition.

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