Look at these amazing wooden creations. Carpentry can be used to make art.
One career in carpentry is cabinet making. Cabinet makers are often employed for home and office construction. They are in charge of planning, building, and installing cabinetry and other wood products. Cabinet makers use wood and other materials. Sometimes they must think creatively to find the best storage solutions for spaces. Cabinet makers could start learning at a technical school, but most training happens on the job.
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Making Connections
Text-to-Self
If you were a carpenter, what would you want to build? Why?
Text-to-Text
Can you think of another book you have read that has a carpenter building something?
Text-to-World
Carpenters work with their hands. What other careers require people to work with their hands?