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What You'll Do: Carpenters build things. The types of things that you'll build depend on your specialty and can range from bridges to furniture. Most carpenters are known for constructing building and housing parts including the frame, stairways, and doors. Installation of completed parts, such as cabinetry, is another part of the job. Doing this type of work usually means spending long hours both inside and outside, and your body probably deals with a lot of physical stress from the elements and from lifting heavy objects, bending, crouching, climbing, and standing for long periods of time.

Due to the physical demands, rates of on-the-job injury are pretty high for this profession. On the brighter side of things, you are likely self-employed and set your own work schedule. You may have the freedom to work when you want as long as projects are completed on time. If you don't run your own business, you'll probably work full-time for a construction company.

Education and Training: Completing an apprenticeship is the most common route to entering this field as a professional, but some individuals receive formal training from a technical school. As far as the apprenticeship goes, it usually lasts three to four years and includes 2,000+ hours of paid training each year. In addition to learning fundamental carpentry techniques, building codes, ethics, and safety practices, you will enhance your math skills and pick up a specialization in some area of carpentry such as woodwork or concrete.

Once you've finished your apprenticeship, you will become a journey worker and gain the right to do carpentry work unsupervised. Being admitted into an apprenticeship means having the following minimum qualifications: being 18 years of age, possessing a high school diploma, having good physical health, having US citizenry, and passing a drug test.

The Future: The carpentry profession is expected to grow at about 20% through 2020. The highest demand will likely be in new home construction and home remodeling.

The Pay: Annual salaries for Carpenters in the U.S. range from $24,600 to $71,600, with the average median annual wage hitting $39,900 in 2012 as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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