Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Carpenter (m/f)*
Recognized by ordinance of June 2., 1999 (BGBl. I p. 1102)

Duration of traineeship

3 years

The venues for training are company and vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Carpenters work both on new constructions and on refurbishment, modernization and rehabilitation projects. They build timber constructions at various job sites, for example on housing developments, public-sector construction projects, and industrial building sites.

Occupational skills

Carpenters carry out their work on the basis of technical documents and job orders, both independently and in cooperation with others. They plan and coordinate their work, consult and coordinate with others working on the site, set up construction sites and take the measures required for smooth-running operations, for health and safety at work and to protect the environment at the job site. They check their work to ensure error-free execution, document their work, carry out quality assurance measures, calculate job performance data and hand the vacated job site on.

When carrying out the following activities, carpenters use plant and machinery, they erect and dismantle scaffolding for work, protection and support purposes and measure constructions and elements thereof for proper fit.

Carpenters 

• build timber constructions, for example for ceilings, roofs, half-timbered structures and timber-frame constructions, using various techniques,
• carry out trimming and joining work taking account of structural timber protection considerations,
• build and fit doors, gates and straight and spiral stair flights,
• build claddings for external walls, taking account in particular of ventilation requirements,
• use fixed wood processing machines,
• build constructions structures using dry construction techniques,
• build furrings and claddings,
• process and treat wooden surfaces,
• apply materials to insulate against heat, cold, noise and fire,
• carry out preservation and repair work on timber constructions.

Additionally, carpenters carry out related tasks in the field of construction finishing.

Fußnoten

*)Stage 2 of a graduated training in the construction industry;
Stage 1: construction finishing worker (m/f)

Last modified on: December 12, 2006