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Wood Carving and Decorator

Fit for youth without SEE:
Yes

Wood carving is an artistic work of imprinting or carving architect design in a wooden instrument. Often known as a woodcarver, they carve designs on the sculptors of gods and goddesses, masks or mu ... learn more

Employment Option

Self Employment Ratio

%

Education

For wooden sculpting, designing and modelling, a 390 hours of 'Wooden Handicraft Maker's needed to train people with the minimum age of 18 years by CTEVT. There are also independent training institu ... learn more

Professional Courses & Trainings

Possible Employers


Art Gallery

Wood Carving Shop

Career in Detail

Wood carving is an artistic work of imprinting or carving architect design in a wooden instrument. Often known as a woodcarver, they carve designs on the sculptors of gods and goddesses, masks or musical instruments.

Wood Carving and Decorators usually do the following

- Create functional or decorative objects by hand, using a variety of methods and materials. Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Cut, shape, fit, join mold, or otherwise process materials, using hand tools, power tools, or machinery. Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Attend craft shows to market products. Promote products, activities, or organizations.

Abilities and other Requirements

requires physcial stamina
requires heavy physical work
is dusty, dirty, loud

Income and other Facilities

Entry Salary / Income
Rs. (not set) - (not set)

Working Context

Woodworkers often have to work with sharp weapons and loud machinery. Also, since there is more physical work in this profession, it is necessary to be healthy and fit. They should have good knowledge about the type of wood. Woodworkers working in furniture who carve masks and artistic wooden statues should have a knowledge of its cultural rituals and traditions to make them easier to design. They need to manufacture the wood material according to the customer's order as it is necessary to understand the customer's need or design. They can also become sculptors, painters, carpenters.

ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations

Security and Army Professionals
Skilled Urban Skilled Rural
Supporting Operations

The table illustrates the segregation of occupations according to the level of education & experience. The segregation is such that the 'Professionals' have the highest amount of education and/or experience then are the 2 skilled labour (Urban & Rural) and Supporting Occupations with assemblers, operators etc. Security and Army have a wider range of both education and experience and are governmental jobs.

The boxes highlighted are the ones associated with Wood Carving and Decorator. According to ISCO, jobs can have various levels of education and/or experience which thus puts them in different boxes as visualized in the table.

Relevant Education

For wooden sculpting, designing and modelling, a 390 hours of 'Wooden Handicraft Maker's needed to train people with the minimum age of 18 years by CTEVT. There are also independent training institutes that train people who are willing to work. The training according to the trainers, takes around 2 months for general course.

Education strongly relevant

Duration Fee (Rs) Access without SEE
Wood Furn. Polisher
Skilled Urban
Skilled Rural
0
Yes
Wood Carver
Skilled Urban
Skilled Rural
0
Yes
wooden handicraft ma
Skilled Urban
Skilled Rural
390 Hours 0
Yes

Ideal Qualities

Style of Working, only playful: You love it when you can be creative and you like to be able to find new ways of doing things. You should consider looking for jobs where you will have a lot of freedom to come up with your own ideas and solutions and less routine tasks. Such jobs can be found in different areas of designing and producing new content, and jobs that involve troubleshooting or finding solutions to problems

Information Processing, only detailed: You prefer to focus on a specific aspect of your work and to go deeper into the details. You should consider jobs that require you to focus and pay great attention to the details of what you are doing, and avoid jobs which require you to look at the bigger picture. Some examples would include jobs like bookkeeping, data management, software coding, fine arts, handicrafts or translation

Flexibility, very low: You prefer to have a fixed work routine with little or no change every day. You should consider looking for jobs where you are required to go to an office at a specific time each working day. Some examples would include desk jobs and running a shop.

Value orientation, only idealistic: You believe that your work must have meaning behind it, without any material importance. You should consider looking for jobs that will give you some personal satisfaction while doing it. Some examples would include teaching and doing social work.

Pursuit of Success, very low: Having a personal life is important to you. You don’t want your social and family relationships to suffer from dedicating time to your work. You should consider looking for jobs that will not interfere with your private life. Avoid jobs which require you to dedicate a lot of your free time to your work

Motivation to Create, very high: You prefer to come up with your own ways of doing things. You should consider looking for jobs where you have some freedom to make your own decisions. Avoid jobs where you have to follow directions.

Sense of Duty, very high: You often feel personally responsible for your work. You are careful when doing your work and you like to do your best. You should consider looking for jobs where you will be entrusted with valuable work that will encourage you to do your best. Avoid jobs where you are not given any responsibility for your work and that do not encourage you to do well

Team oriented, very low: You are independent and work best on your own. It is difficult for you to work with others and to conform your way of working to theirs but on the other hand you do not feel odd if you have to work on your own. You should consider looking for jobs which have a lot of tasksthat can be fulfilled on your own and have a low degree of collaboration with colleagues or experts you need to ask for help

- Create functional or decorative objects by hand, using a variety of methods and materials. Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Cut, shape, fit, join mold, or otherwise process materials, using hand tools, power tools, or machinery. Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Attend craft shows to market products. Promote products, activities, or organizations.

Employment Condition

Self Employment Ratio

%

Possible Employers


Art Gallery

Wood Carving Shop

Size of Employment

At the moment there are people working in this job in Nepal.

Job Demand

Shows the demand of the career (1st being the highest and the last being over-saturated).


60 = very high: This job is very high in demand. You can easily find employment or will be able to sell your service easily as a self employed person.

50 = high: This job is high in demand. With a certain talent you will find a job.

40 = medium: The demand for this job is medium. You should have chances in finding a job, but you might need to be flexible regarding your working place or in self employment, might have to compete with a few other professionals about the work.

30 = low: The demand for this job is low. Only a few vacancies are published. Academic proficiency as well as experience is required to be even considered for applying for this sort of jobs.

20 = saturated: There is no more demand for this profession in the labour market. Only if existing staff is released, new people are hired.

10 = over-supplied: There are many graduates already waiting for a job in this profession. You might have to consider a long waiting list or have to prove extraordinary talent to find a job in this profession.

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