This year I did my career day with my father who is a woodworker. Scott has been a woodworker since he was about my age and has taken it on as his profession. On the day that I shadowed him we did a entertainment center installation. The actual pieces that we installed were designed and built in his shop and then we delivered them to the home. The installation was for a couple who bought a new tv and wanted a new cabinet to go into the pre existing slot where their previous tv was located. We spent a couple hours doing the installation because we had to make some adjustments because of the some wiring that needed to go through our new set of draws and counter top. We then had to adjust some of the pieces because of the drywall inside the slot. Over all the installation was successful and because we brought the right tools there weren't any problems and we had happy customers which is the most important thing.
Interview Questions & Answers
What in your educational background most prepared you for this job?"
"my father and mother were my main source of education. The main thing that prepared me was the learning from my father who was a woodworker on the side. I also learned a lot through experiences."
What specific skill training helped you prepare for this job?
"I learned through doing. I would go work for people that had skills that I wanted to know and they taught me how to do what I wanted through watching and then doing."
how do you interact with other people during work?
"Because Im my own manager and I only have 2 other employees who are close friends Im usually interacting with them as partners and working with them to create. When im interacting with my employees in a very professional manner."
To what extent do you find your work interesting and fulfilling?
"Being able to get paid to create beautiful things is very fulfilling and brings me great joy"
What advice do you have to young people who are interested in this profession/field?
" find another way to make a living, Start building things that you want or need and study the industrial arts and go apprentice some woodworkers and find somewhere to create and practice fixing and creating."
"my father and mother were my main source of education. The main thing that prepared me was the learning from my father who was a woodworker on the side. I also learned a lot through experiences."
What specific skill training helped you prepare for this job?
"I learned through doing. I would go work for people that had skills that I wanted to know and they taught me how to do what I wanted through watching and then doing."
how do you interact with other people during work?
"Because Im my own manager and I only have 2 other employees who are close friends Im usually interacting with them as partners and working with them to create. When im interacting with my employees in a very professional manner."
To what extent do you find your work interesting and fulfilling?
"Being able to get paid to create beautiful things is very fulfilling and brings me great joy"
What advice do you have to young people who are interested in this profession/field?
" find another way to make a living, Start building things that you want or need and study the industrial arts and go apprentice some woodworkers and find somewhere to create and practice fixing and creating."