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Carpentry

Austin Community College District (ACC)

  • A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay out, cut, fabricate, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fixtures, using hand and power tools. Includes instruction in technical mathematics, framing, construction materials and selection, job estimating, blueprint reading, foundations and roughing-in, finish carpentry techniques, and applicable codes and standards. Find Colleges Offering Carpentry Degree.
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    • Job Description
      Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Near Vision
    • Job Description
      Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Total Employment: 2,930
      • Average Annual Salary: $35,070
      • Average Hourly Rate: $16.86
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 1,462,071
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 1,612,072
      • Percent Job Growth: 10.26%
      Important Abilities
      • Manual Dexterity
    • Job Description
      Build rough wooden structures, such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel, bridge, or sewer supports, billboard signs, and temporary frame shelters, according to sketches, blueprints, or oral instructions.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Total Employment: 2,930
      • Average Annual Salary: $35,070
      • Average Hourly Rate: $16.86
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 1,462,071
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 1,612,072
      • Percent Job Growth: 10.26%
      Important Abilities
      • Problem Sensitivity
    • Job Description
      Help carpenters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
      Salary and Wages

      Austin-Round Rock, TX

      • Total Employment: 130
      • Average Annual Salary: $22,250
      • Average Hourly Rate: $10.70
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 109,060
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 121,817
      • Percent Job Growth: 11.70%
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    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Carpentry
     TotalCertificateAssociate
    Overall
    All Students16115
     
    By Gender
    Male1019
    Female6-6
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien---
    American Indian2-2
    Black2-2
    Asian---
    Hispanic413
    White8-8
    Unknown---
     
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    Source: IPEDS Survey 2007-2008