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46.04Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection

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Carpenter SOC 47-2031

⚠⚠⚠ Florida carpenters earn a median $49,870, $10,710 below the national figure, and the gap grows to $29,960 at the 90th percentile. The way up in Florida is to become the contractor. ⚠⚠ Florida licenses contractors, not carpenters: the contractor exam needs four years of experience including one as foreman, and college credit can replace up to three of them. Florida trains only about 150 carpenters a year in programmes; most learn on the job or through apprenticeship.

⚠ Building/Construction Finishing, Management and Inspection — where Florida files Building Construction Technology (46.0415, 97 certificates at 15 institutions), a ladder that teaches carpentry alongside the other building trades.

Construction Manager SOC 11-9021

Construction managers plan, price, schedule and deliver building projects — coordinating trades, controlling cost, enforcing code and safety, and answering for the programme. ⚠ A median of $114,990 with 9% growth, on a route with no licence gate at entry — compare architecture at $99,280 after an accredited degree, 3,740 supervised hours and a six-division exam. ⚠⚠⚠ And the finding that matters most in Florida: a construction degree is worth THREE YEARS of site experience toward a contractor licence under s. 489.111. This page covers three related roles, and two routes that look alike and end in different places.

Building and construction trades and site management — the trade route. Included because it is how roughly half the people supervising Florida construction sites actually got there, and because Florida credits trade experience directly toward a contractor licence.

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Carpet Installers SOC 47-2041
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers SOC 47-2051
Construction and Building Inspectors SOC 47-4011
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers SOC 47-2081
Facilities Managers SOC 11-3013
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers SOC 37-1011
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles SOC 47-2042
Floor Sanders and Finishers SOC 47-2043
Glaziers SOC 47-2121
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall SOC 47-2131
Insulation Workers, Mechanical SOC 47-2132
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General SOC 49-9071
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers SOC 49-9095
Painters, Construction and Maintenance SOC 47-2141
Paperhangers SOC 47-2142
Roofers SOC 47-2181
Solar Photovoltaic Installers SOC 47-2231
Structural Iron and Steel Workers SOC 47-2221
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers SOC 47-2053
Tile and Stone Setters SOC 47-2044

Also covered by a career path filed under another field:

Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians — Civil Engineering Technician