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Cabinetmakers (7272)

Occupation targeted under the Workplace Apprenticeship Program

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Job titles

  • cabinetmaker
  • cabinetmaker apprentice
  • cabinetmaker-instructor (health and social services network)
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Nature of work

Cabinetmakers use a variety of woods and laminates to construct and repair wooden cabinets, furniture, fixtures and related products. They are employed by furniture manufacturing or repair companies, construction companies and cabinetmaking contractors, or they may be self-employed.

Fields of interest

  • Making or building things, constructing, doing repairs, and performing installations
  • Working for yourself
  • Working in the arts, culture, music, and recreation
  • Working with your hands

Main duties

  • Cabinetmakers perform some or all of the following duties:
  • - Study plans, specifications or drawings of articles to be made, or prepare specifications
  • - Mark outlines or dimensions of parts on wood
  • - Operate woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, mortisers and shapers, and use hand tools to cut, shape and form parts and components
  • - Trim joints and fit parts and subassemblies together to form complete unit using glue and clamps and reinforce joints using nails, screws or other fasteners
  • - Sand wooden surfaces and apply veneer, stain or polish to finished products
  • - Repair or restyle wooden furniture, fixtures and related products
  • - May estimate amount, type and cost of materials required.

Main characteristics of the occupation

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Cabinetmakers (7272)

Employment requirements

  • * Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  • * Completion of a four-year apprenticeship program orA combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school or college courses in cabinetmaking is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
  • * Trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
  • * Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified cabinetmakers.

Skill type

  • Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations

Skill level

  • Technical

More information

  • * Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
  • * Red Seal trade certification allows for interprovincial mobility.

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Professional associations

  • Comité sectoriel de main-d’œuvre des industries des portes et fenêtres, du meuble et des armoires de cuisine
  • 9675, avenue Papineau, bureau 185
  • Montréal, QC
  • H2B3C9
  • Phone: 514-890-1980
  • Fax: 514-890-1450
  • Email: info@clicemplois.net