Cabinet Maker

Career Overview

Cabinet makers are skilled professionals who construct, repair, and install wooden cabinets, furniture, and fixtures. They can work for custom furniture manufacturers, construction companies, and cabinetmaking contractors, or may choose to be self-employed. To excel in this field, one must have expertise in cutting, shaping, and assembling wooden articles, as well as setting up and operating various woodworking machines like power saws, jointers, and mortises. These machines help surface, cut, or shape lumber or create parts for wood products.

Other job titles include: cabinet assembler, cabinet builder, cabinet installer, cabinetmaker, double end tenon operator, frame builder, framer, woodworker.