For his father, a skilled carpenter, work didn't exist in Chicago.
Becoming a skilled carpenter usually takes 3-4 years of both classroom and on-the-job training.
Mark Jones, the unit's chaplain, is also a skilled carpenter.
A skilled carpenter, he built a log cabin on a foundation of four rocks.
He was an avid sports enthusiast and a skilled carpenter.
In others, it can be a loosely used term to describe a skilled carpenter.
He had been in the Army, oozed self-discipline and was a skilled carpenter.
In Atlanta, they found illegal immigrants working for $15 an hour as skilled carpenters at local construction sites.
Cooks, for instance, start at $2.80 a day while a skilled carpenter could earn $8.
Nothing that a skilled carpenter couldn't fix in a day or so.