3.1Low RiskShortage
Carpenters and Joiners
Construction Trades Workers · Bricklayers, and Carpenters and Joiners
AI exposure measures how much this occupation's tasks may change. It is not the probability that the job will disappear.
Personalise this result for the work you actually do →Low Risk
Median Weekly Pay
$1,760
Full-time workers
Employment
149,600
Total workers
10yr Growth
+10.9%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
Shortage
Key Insight
Carpenters and Joiners is IN SHORTAGE and has LOW AI risk — a strong outlook for workers in this field.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation18.0%
Augmentation60.0%
Key Tasks
- •Studying drawings and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedures
- •Ordering and selecting timbers and materials, and preparing layouts
- •Cutting materials, and assembling and nailing cut and shaped parts
- •Erecting framework and roof framing, laying sub-flooring and floorboards and verifying trueness of structures
- •Nailing fascia panels, sheathing roofs, and fitting exterior wall cladding and door and window frames
- •Assembling prepared wood to form structures and fittings ready to install
- •Cutting wood joints
- •May construct concrete formwork
- •May repair existing fittings
- •May work with plastic laminates, perspex and metals
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
30
Female Share
3.0%
Part-Time Share
11.0%
Skill Level
3 / 5