About British Columbia Carpenters

A British Columbia Carpenter (builder) at Logan Maintenance and Construction is a skilled craftsperson who performs carpentry. Carpenters at Logan Maintenance and Construction work with wood and other materials to construct, install and maintain buildings, equipment and other objects and systems.

Carpentry skill is gained through experience and study. In British Columbia, a Carpenter goes through formal training and there are strict standards that must be adhered to.

The word "carpenter" is the English rendering of the Old French word carpentier which is derived from the Latin carpentrius [artifex], "(maker) of a carriage. The Middle English word (in the sense of "builder") was wright (from the Old English wryhta), which could be used in compound forms such as wheelwright or boatwright.

In British and Australasian slang, a carpenter is sometimes referred to as a "chippie". One of the German words for carpenter is "Zimmermann" (room-maker, literally room-man), and hence is the source for the surname in German and English-speaking countries. Other woodworking names/professions, that also occur as a surname, are Tischler and Schreiner.