A Residential Construction Framing Technician is a person who constructs the "frame" or supporting structure of single and multi-family the buildings, encloses the building, and installs the windows and doors to the "lock-up" stage. The framer is responsible for the wooden and/or steel structure from the sill plate on the foundation to the installation of the roof trusses and/or rafters. The structure includes floor platforms, with supporting joists and blocking, interior and exterior walls and sheathing, openings for windows and doors with structural support headers in bearing walls, interior and exterior stairs.

What do these workers do?
(Source: BC Work Futures)

Residential Construction Framing Technicians belong to the broad trade category of Carpenters.

Carpenters design and build wooden structures. A wide range of duties, depending on the specific job, can include:

Reading blueprints to develop a materials list and cutting schedule that makes the best use of lumber.

Using hand and power tools to cut and shape wood after making careful measurements.

Framing for wood frame houses and low-rise apartments.

Manufacture wooden assemblies, such as roofing trusses and beams, that will be installed on the job site by other workers.

Work to standards outlined in provincial and national building codes, understand these standards and stay current with changes to building codes.

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