Seattle Community College - Central Campus Carpentry

  • 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. Read more about supervisors - construction trades & extraction workers in our career profile section.
    • Job Description
      Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools. Read more about construction carpenters in our career profile section.
      Salary and Wages

      Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 16,210
      • Average Annual Salary: $52,010
      • Average Hourly Rate: $25.00

      Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 3,640
      • Average Annual Salary: $45,790
      • Average Hourly Rate: $22.02
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2008): 1,284,900
      • Total Employment Projected (2018): 1,450,300
      • Percent Job Growth: 165.40%
    • 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. Read more about rough carpenters in our career profile section.
      Salary and Wages

      Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 16,210
      • Average Annual Salary: $52,010
      • Average Hourly Rate: $25.00

      Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 3,640
      • Average Annual Salary: $45,790
      • Average Hourly Rate: $22.02
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2008): 1,284,900
      • Total Employment Projected (2018): 1,450,300
      • Percent Job Growth: 165.40%
    • 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. Read more about helpers--carpenters in our career profile section.
      Salary and Wages

      Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 750
      • Average Annual Salary: $30,240
      • Average Hourly Rate: $14.54

      Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division

      • Total Employment: 140
      • Average Annual Salary: $27,300
      • Average Hourly Rate: $13.12
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2008): 79,800
      • Total Employment Projected (2018): 98,500
      • Percent Job Growth: 18.60%
    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Carpentry
     TotalAssociateCertificate
    Overall
    All Students16151
     
    By Gender
    Male12111
    Female44-
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien---
    American Indian---
    Black---
    Asian---
    Hispanic11-
    White13121
    Unknown22-
     
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