Being a Joiner is no easy task
In this case “joiner” does not refer to somebody who could also be called a “follower.” Joiners are people who install fittings, fixtures and wooden structures. Joiners work in conjunction with builders and carpenters on different construction tasks. Joiners will typically fit the skirting, the floorboards, the doors and the window frames into homes. Joiners can also work on commercial jobs where they will prepare the storage system, the shop fronts and build retail shelving structures. Joiners also build the wooden cases that support concrete settings in tings like pillars and bridges.
A Joiner typically works a forty hour, Monday through Friday, work week but will extend his or her hours depending on the project that needs to be completed. Sometimes a joiner will work on weekends or in the evenings to make sure that a project is completed on time.
Being a joiner means knowing how to use many different types of tools, from the basic hammers and screwdrivers to the more complex drills and saws. Joiners also need to know how to construct accurate plans for building. Joiners need to be able to see the details in a project because they are involved from the start of the project through to the last nail being hammered in. Joiners need to understand math, geometry and physics. They also need to have basic construction and engineering knowledge (which is a fancy way of saying that they need to understand how things are put together and taken apart). Joiners need to be able to remember building and health codes and be prepared for anything. Theirs is a physically demanding job so they also need to be in reasonable shape.
Joiners work with different kinds of building materials and understand how two different materials might work well together or probably will not work well together. They help to construct the framework by which the primary parts of an object (the bridge platform and its trusses, for example) fit together. Joiners typically work in one of the following fields: millwork, cabinets, commercial furnishings, residential furnishings, yacht interiors and with specialty items. Joiners lay out the materials they need, put their projects together and install them in the places that they need to go. The joiner will build your cabinets, and make sure they are installed correctly and then finish the job so that it looks like the cabinets are part of the whole of your kitchen, not their own entity that was put in later.
Joiners are an important part of the construction team. Joiners are responsible for everything from the casement of cement to the windows and doors of a house. Joiners build retail shelving and are the people who are responsible that the cement that goes into bridges gets poured correctly. They are involved with every step of a construction project and though they normally work regular work weeks, overtime and weekends are sometimes required. It takes some work to become a joiner but anybody can take the classes and try to get certified in the field.
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