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Skills that raise your rate

• Concrete formwork

  Building the molds that hold poured concrete. Commercial work, higher pay, more union jobs.

• Finish carpentry and trim

  Doors, casing, crown, stairs and built-ins. Slower, cleaner, and paid for precision.

• Layout

  Using a laser and a total station to set out a whole building. The person who does layout is the person who becomes foreman.

• Welding

  Useful on commercial sites and it pays extra the day you need it.

• Scaffold and fall protection training

  Short courses that let you work where other people are not allowed.