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Furniture Maker
Turns ideas, drawings, lumber, joinery, hardware, and finish choices into useful furniture.
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Cabinetmaker
Builds storage and built-in work that must fit spaces, drawings, walls, hardware, and installation requirements.
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Finish Specialist
Prepares, colors, protects, repairs, and evaluates wood surfaces so the final object looks and performs as intended.
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Luthier
Builds, repairs, sets up, or restores stringed instruments where wood, geometry, glue, humidity, and sound all meet.
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Scenic Carpenter
Builds sets, props, platforms, flats, displays, and temporary environments for performance, film, events, retail, and museums.
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Wood Scientist
Studies wood structure, moisture, strength, drying, preservation, engineered products, decay, and sustainable use.
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Woodworking Machine Operator / CNC Operator
Sets up, operates, tends, and checks woodworking machines so parts are made accurately and safely.
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Conservation Craftsperson
Preserves, documents, stabilizes, repairs, or cares for wooden objects, furniture, interiors, and historic material.
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Construction / Home Building
Builds, repairs, and coordinates the wood-framed parts of homes and other structures, working from plans and site conditions.
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