Beginner
150 hoursLayout, safety, and the joints that keep a structure honest.
- — Saw and PPE discipline
- — Measuring and layout
- — Fasteners
- — Lumber grades
- — Square, plumb, level
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Carpentry
Six hundred hours from square-cut discipline to lead-carpenter judgment. Pass the test, then climb.
Layout, safety, and the joints that keep a structure honest.
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Framing, stairs, openings, and the envelope that keeps weather out.
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Finish, complex layout, and remodeling that does not fight the existing house.
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Lead carpenter judgment: sequencing, crew, and work that still looks true in ten years.
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