50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________

Pipefi tters, and Steamfi tters; Rail-Track Laying and

Maintenance Equipment Operators; Refractory

Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons; Reinforc-

ing Iron and Rebar Workers; Riggers; Rough Car-

penters; Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers;

Segmental Pavers; Sheet Metal Workers; Stone Cut-

ters and Carvers, Manufacturing; Stonemasons;

Structural Iron and Steel Workers; Tapers; Terrazzo

Workers and Finishers; Tile and Marble Setters.

Skills: Repairing; Installation; Equipment Main-

tenance; Operations Analysis; Technology Design;

Mathematics; Management of Personnel Resources;

Coordination.

Education and Training Program: Roofer.

Related Knowledge/Courses: Building and Con-

struction; Design; Engineering and Technology;

Transportation.

Work Env ironment : Outdoors; high places; minor

burns, cuts, bites, or stings; kneeling, crouching,

stooping, or crawling; keeping or regaining balance;

using hands on objects, tools, or controls.

Rough Carpenters

! Personality Code: RCI

! Education/Training Required: Long-term
on-the-job training
! Annual Earnings: $37,660

! Beginning Wage: $23,370

! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium

! Growth: 10.3%

! Annual Job Openings: 223,225

! Self-Employed: 31.8%

! Part-Time: 6.1%

! e job openings listed here are shared with Construction

Carpenters.

Build rough wooden structures, such as con-

crete forms, scaff olds, tunnel, bridge, or sewer

supports, billboard signs, and temporary frame

shelters, according to sketches, blueprints, or

oral instructions. Study blueprints and diagrams

to determine dimensions of structure or form to be

constructed. Measure materials or distances, using

square, measuring tape, or rule to lay out work. Cut

or saw boards, timbers, or plywood to required size,

using handsaw, power saw, or woodworking machine.

Assemble and fasten material together to construct

wood or metal framework of structure, using bolts,

nails, or screws. Anchor and brace forms and other

structures in place, using nails, bolts, anchor rods,

steel cables, planks, wedges, and timbers. Mark cut-

ting lines on materials, using pencil and scriber. Erect

forms, framework, scaff olds, hoists, roof supports,

or chutes, using hand tools, plumb rule, and level.

Install rough door and window frames, subfl ooring,

fi xtures, or temporary supports in structures under-

going construction or repair. Examine structural

timbers and supports to detect decay and replace tim-

bers as required, using hand tools, nuts, and bolts.

Bore boltholes in timber, masonry, or concrete walls,

using power drill. Fabricate parts, using woodwork-

ing and metalworking machines. Dig or direct dig-

ging of post holes and set poles to support structures.

Build sleds from logs and timbers for use in haul-

ing camp buildings and machinery through wooded

areas. Build chutes for pouring concrete.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 02. Architecture

and Construction. Work Group: 02.04. Construc-

tion Crafts. Other Jobs in! is Work Group: Boil-

ermakers; Brickmasons and Blockmasons; Carpet

Installers; Cement Masons and Concrete Finish-

ers; Commercial Divers; Construction Carpenters;

Crane and Tower Operators; Drywall and Ceiling

Tile Installers; Electricians; Fence Erectors; Floor

Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles; Floor

Sanders and Finishers; Glaziers; Hazardous Mate-

rials Removal Workers; Insulation Workers, Floor,

Ceiling, and Wall; Insulation Workers, Mechanical;

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Install-

ers; Operating Engineers and Other Construction

Equipment Operators; Painters, Construction and

Maintenance; Paperhangers; Paving, Surfacing, and

Ta mpi n g E qu ipment Op er ator s; Pi le -Dr iver Op er a-

tors; Pipe Fitters and Steamfi tters; Pipelayers; Plas-

terers and Stucco Masons; Plumbers; Plumbers,