Cabinet Assembler

A cabinet assembler has met all expectations of an apprentice, has the capacity, drive and passion to advance.  A cabinet maker will be responsible for fabricating all cabinet boxes and other production-related components.  They will add to all level 1 tasks and begin to understand the total process.

Expectations|

• Ability to interpret shop drawings for construction.


• Verify dimensions and how they relate to the total component.


• Be able to make a cultist and produce new or replacement parts related to the total component.


• Understanding of how all individual components make up a total project


• Be able to verify all components and built and accounted for.


• Organize the total project to ensure all pieces are delivered to the jobsite for final install.


• Be able to mill both rough lumber, sheet goods, and laminate.


• Have an extended knowledge of math, fractions, decimals, imperial and metric.


• The ability to teach others and be open to learning different processes and techniques.


• Understanding clamping


• Understand the basics of laminating and veneer.


• Expanded knowledge of the “right tool for the right job”


• Ability to identify errors and mathematical mistakes and quickly remedy them.


• Understand when to add fillers and scribe.


• Understand the basics of tooling, when a tool should be changed, and how to change it.


• Ability to produce a square, flat defect defect-free cabinet or component every time.


• Understand how to sand.