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Transcript: General Carpenter
A child says, WEE!
T.V.O. Kids and Riverbank Pictures Original.
[Child giggles, upbeat music plays, popping]
Text reads, “T.V.O. Kids presents.”
[Energetic music plays]
Akeylah and Brody stand in front of a screen, which shows a sparking blowtorch. Akeylah wears a dark grey tunic. Her short black hair is tightly braided. Brody’s dark brown hair is short. He wears a light brown shirt and grey pants.
Akeylah and Brody say, WELCOME TO TRADING SKILLS!
Akeylah says, THE SHOW WHERE WE TAKE TURNS TRYING A SKILLED TRADE. I'M AKEYLAH.
Brody says, AND I'M BRODY.
Video footage shows a welder and a mechanic.
Akeylah says, A SKILLED TRADE IS A JOB THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL SKILL.
Akeylah and Brody say, THERE ARE LOTS OF SKILL TRADES.
Brody says, AND YOU MIGHT FIND THE PERFECT TRADE FOR YOU.
Akeylah says, MAYBE THERE'S A TRADE THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
[Whooshing]
Brody says, SO COME WITH US INTO THE TRADES ON TRADING SKILLS.
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
In the skill space, Akeylah and Brody lean over a drawing on their work table.
Brody says, SO, I WAS THINKING FOR THE TREE HOUSE. WE HAD A TRAP DOOR RIGHT HERE, AND THEN WE HAD THE WINDOWS HERE, HERE, AND HERE.
Akeylah says, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE EPIC TREE HOUSE BRODY. OOH, HOW ABOUT WE ADD A SECRET CRAWL SPACE? IF WE CAN BUILD IT WITH A WALL OVER HERE.
[Quiet tapping, paper rustling]
Brody drops his pencil and rolls up the drawing.
Brody says, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT AN EPIC PLAN FOR A TREE HOUSE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST PLAN I'VE EVER SEEN. BUT...IF WE CAN BUILD IT. I HAVE NEVER BUILT A TREE HOUSE BEFORE.
Akeylah says, OH, NEITHER HAVE I. BUT MAYBE THERE'S A SKILLED TRADE THAT COULD HELP?
Brody looks through the rolled-up drawing and spies a book titled, “A Collection of Carpenters.”
Brody says, A SKILLED TRADE WHERE YOU BUILD STRUCTURES OUT OF WOOD YOU SAY. WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
Akeylah says, WAY TO SCOPE THAT OUT, BRODY.
[Chiming]
Akeylah says, OOH, A COLLECTION OF CARPENTERS. IT SAYS HERE THAT THERE IS A GENERAL CARPENTER NEARBY NAMED ROKHAYA, WHO CAN HELP US HAMMER OUT HOW TO BUILD OUR DREAM TREE HOUSE.
In a video clip, Rokhaya Gueye holds a drill. She wears a hard hat over her brown hair, a bright safety vest, and a black shirt.
Brody says, OOH, 'WOOD' YOU MIND IF I TAKE THIS ONE?
Akeylah says, NO WORRIES, I'LL SAND YOU ON YOUR WAY.
Brody says, ALRIGHT!
[Upbeat music notes play, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
Brody enters a large training centre with partially finished houses inside.
Brody narrates, I HEADED OVER TO MEET ROKHAYA AT THE BRAND-NEW CARPENTERS TRAINING CENTRE IN VAUGHAN, ONTARIO, TO SEE WHAT I CAN SAW.
Rokhaya works inside a house.
[Hammering]
Brody says, HI ROKHAYA.
Rokhaya says, HEY BRODY. WELCOME. YOU KNOW YOU COULD CALL ME ROK. PEOPLE CALL ME ROK FOR SHORT.
Rok and Brody fist bump.
Brody says, THANKS, ROK. WOW. THIS PLACE LOOKS AWESOME. BUT WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DOES A CARPENTER DO ANYHOW?
[Scraping, stapling]
Rok and another carpenter install house wrap on a wall. Rok uses a staple gun to staple a piece of wood.
Rok says, WE INSTALL, WE REPAIR, WE ERECT. ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK OF AND YOU COULD WALK ON, CARPENTERS DOES IT. WE GET TO BUILD SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, MALLS, RESIDENTIAL. RESIDENTIAL, LIKE HOUSES.
Brody says, SO, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH MY TREEHOUSE.
Rok says, ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GET YOU GEARED UP. SAFETY FIRST.
Brody says, ALRIGHT.
[Upbeat music notes play, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
Later, Brody and Rock wear hard hats, safety glasses, gloves, and bright safety vests.
Rok says, SO, LET'S START AND DO SOME FRAMING.
Brody repeats, FRAMING? YOU NEED A GOOD PICTURE?
[Camera shutter snapping]
Brody poses with his hand on his chin.
Rok says, NO, NOT THAT TYPE OF FRAMING. LET ME SHOW YOU. FRAMING A HOUSE IS THE SKELETON OF THE HOUSE. YOU SEE?
[Tapping]
Brody and Rok walk into a framed house. Brody taps one of the walls.
Brody says, OH, IT'S LIKE THE BONES OF THE HOUSE.
Rok says, EXACTLY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS HALF WALL RIGHT AT THE BACK.
Brody and Rok pick up a wooden stud and hold it horizontally. Rok picks up another wooden stud and holds it perpendicular to the end of the first one.
Brody and Rok says, TAKE THIS STUD. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FLUSH.
[Drill whirring]
Rok drills the top wooden stud onto the perpendicular stud.
Rok says, PERFECT. GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME THING. 16 ON CENTRE.
Brody says, 16 ON CENTRE? WHAT'S THAT? SOUNDS LIKE A FOOTBALL PLAY.
Rok takes out a measuring tape and measures to the centre of the horizontal wooden stud.
Rok says, JUST IMAGINE THIS IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE.
Brody says, YEAH.
Rok points to 16 inches on the measuring tape.
[Whooshing, popping]
Rok says, AND 16 ON CENTRE IS EXACTLY RIGHT HERE. 16 INCHES. AND WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS UNTIL WE ARE AT THE END OF THE PLATE.
Brody says, NOW I UNDERSTAND.
Rok says, 16 ON CENTRE. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MAYBE DRILLING IT?
Rok puts another wooden stud and stands it beneath the 16-inch mark on the horizontal stud.
Brody says, YEAH.
Rok says, YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOME PRESSURE.
[Drill whirring]
Rok says, OKAY, MORE PRESSURE.
[Drill whirring, upbeat music continues]
Rok says, YEAH, PERFECT. THAT'S AMAZING. YOU'RE A NATURAL.
Rok and Brody fist bump.
Rok says, ALL RIGHT. LET'S FINISH THE LAST ONE.
[Drill whirring]
Brody stands a vertical stud beneath the end of the horizontal stud and drills the lumber together.
Rok says, AMAZING! GOOD JOB!
Brody says, ALRIGHT!
Rok says, SO, LET'S CONNECT IT TO THE WALL. RIGHT OVER THERE.
[Banging]
They carry the half-wall frame to a nearby wall.
Brody says, THERE.
Rok says, AND I'LL CONNECT IT TO THE BOTTOM.
[Drill whirring]
Brody holds the half wall in place, and Rok attaches it to the wall.
Rok says, VOILA, THIS IS HOW WE INSTALL A HALF WALL.
[Knocking]
Brody knocks on the top of the wall.
Brody says, NOW I'D SAY THAT'S A JOB WALL DONE.
[Upbeat music notes play, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Hammering, upbeat music plays]
Brody says, OKAY, WE BUILT A WALL, WE DID SOME FRAMING. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED FOR MY TREE HOUSE?
Rok says, YOUR TREEHOUSE IS OUTDOOR, RIGHT?
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, SO, WE WILL NEED TO DO SOME SIDING.
[Popping]
An arrow points to the siding on a wall beside Rok.
Brody asks, WHAT'S THAT?
Rok says, SIDING. IT PROTECTS FROM THE OUTDOOR ELEMENT LIKE RAIN, SNOW, BUGS, AND IT MAKES THE HOUSE PRETTY.
Brody says, SO IT'S LIKE THE ARMOUR, BUT ARMOUR'S MADE OF METAL AND THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE METAL.
Rok shows Brody piles of siding.
Rok says, YOU ARE PERFECTLY CORRECT. THIS IS VINYL. SO, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE. WHEN IT COMES TO SIDING, WE HAVE FROM THE METAL, VINYL, ALUMINUM, AND LOOK AT THIS ONE. IT'S BLUE, SHINY, VERY LIGHT, DON'T YOU THINK?
Rok gives Brody a piece of vinyl siding.
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, AND STURDY.
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, SO LET'S GET STARTED.
Brody says, SOUNDS EX-SIDING.
Rok says, NICE. SO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THIS PIECE, WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT IT TO YOUR RIGHT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FOLD IT THIS WAY. YOU SEE HOW IT'S FOLDABLE?
[Clicking]
Rok bends the siding slightly and slides it into place.
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, AND THEN CONNECT IT. YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT, YOU HEARD THAT CLICK SOUND?
[Hammering]
Rok places a nail at the top of the siding.
Rok says, SO, BRODY, COME HERE, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE IT A TRY.
Brody says, ALL RIGHT.
[Hammering]
Rok says, PERFECT. CAN I SHOW YOU SOMETHING? SO, YOUR HAMMER, YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD IT RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM, RIGHT THERE AT THE HANDLE. AND WHEN YOU ARE HAMMERING, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ONE MOVEMENT, JUST AN EXTENSION OF YOUR ARM.
Brody says, OKAY.
Rok says, OKAY? AND...
Brody bends down and picks another piece of siding.
Rok says, YEAH, BRODY GET ME THAT.
Brody says, THERE YOU GO.
Rok says, WE'LL INSTALL AND WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.
Rok positions the siding over the piece they just installed.
Brody says, ALL RIGHT.
[Clicking]
Rok says, MAKING SURE IT'S IN.
[Upbeat music continues]
Brody and Rok install rows of siding on the wall.
[Hammering]
Rok says, AND THIS IS HOW WE PUT UP SIDING. I THINK IN NO TIME, YOUR TREE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE FLAWLESS.
[Tapping]
Rok and Brody tap the siding.
Brody says, ROK, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON MY SIDE.
Rok says, ABSOLUTELY.
[Upbeat music plays, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
Brody narrates, AFTER PUTTING UP A WALL, IT WAS TIME TO BREAK DOWN SOME BARRIERS AND GET TO KNOW ROK A LITTLE.
[Upbeat music plays]
Rok and Brody sit in the training centre.
Brody asks, SO, ROK, HOW DID YOU GET INTO GENERAL CARPENTRY?
Rok says, WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I WAS FASCINATED ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS AND ALSO HOW BUILDINGS COME ABOUT. SO, I DECIDED TO VOLUNTEER AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, BUILDING HOMES FOR PEOPLE REALLY IN NEED. WENT AND STUDIED AND GRADUATED AT GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN MANAGEMENT. SO, I'VE BEEN DOING MY APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE CARPENTERS UNION. DID SO WELL, ENDED UP ALSO LANDING A GREAT JOB AND TO DO OUTREACH. AND HERE I AM.
Brody says, WOW, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY LONG JOURNEY. YOU MUST REALLY LOVE YOUR JOB.
Rok says, IT'S SO FASCINATING. I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M ABLE TO PROBLEM SOLVE, BE CREATIVE, BUT ALSO BE PART OF THE BROTHERHOOD AND THE SISTERHOOD OF THE CARPENTERS UNION. IT GIVES ME A JOY, SENSE OF JOY, SENSE OF BELONGING.
Brody asks, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BECOME A GENERAL CARPENTER?
Rok replies, I WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE AN ADVICE AS TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT DIPLOMA, RIGHT? BUT TO BE A GENERAL CARPENTER APPRENTICE, WHAT YOU NEED IS GRADE 10 MATH AND ENGLISH. WHILE YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR THE ONTARIO YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WE CALL IT OYAP, AND THAT GIVES YOU A HEAD START INTO YOUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. ONCE YOU'RE DONE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP WITH OUR U.B.C. BUILD TRAINING CENTRE, AND FROM THERE, YOU GET ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING TODAY AND MORE.
Brody says, WELL, HATS ON TO THAT.
[Upbeat music plays, hands slapping]
Brody and Rok put on their hard hats and high-five.
Brody says, LET'S GO GET BACK TO WORK.
[Upbeat music plays, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
Rok and Brody walk to a hip-high scaffold in front of a line of harnesses hanging on a wall.
Rok says, HEY BRODY, WELCOME TO THE WORKING AT HEIGHT PLATFORM. WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SCAFFOLD.
Brody asks, WHAT'S A SCAFFOLD?
[Popping]
An arrow points to the scaffold.
Rok says, IT'S A TEMPORARY WORKING PLATFORM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PLATFORM IS VERY LOW, SO, WE WILL BE RAISING IT UP TO THIS HIGH. SO, BEFORE WE GET UP HIGH, WE'RE GOING TO WEAR OUR HARNESSES, SAFETY FIRST. LET'S GET YOU GEARED UP.
[Clips clinking]
Rok helps Brody put on his harness.
Brody says, I FEEL SO SAFE. WHAT NEXT?
Rok says, OH, NEXT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THIS PLATFORM. YOU PULL IT HARD.
[Clicking, clattering]
Rok lifts the wooden platform off the scaffold, and Brody pulls out a peg in the side.
Rok says, YAY!
Rok says, YOU GOT IT! JUST HOLD IT THERE A BIT FOR ME.
[Clanking]
Brody and Rok move the side of the scaffold to a higher level and fasten it in place.
Rok says, HOLD IT UP FOR ME.
[Clicking, clattering]
Rok puts the platform back on the scaffolding.
Rok says, SO, LET'S MOVE THIS SCAFFOLD CLOSER TO THE WALL.
Brody says, ALL RIGHT.
He and Rok slide the scaffolding to the wall.
Rok says, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
Brody says, I'M READY TO GET UP THERE. HOOK ME UP.
Rok clips a lanyard to the back of Brody’s harness. He adjusts his hard hat.
Rok says, HOOKING THE LANYARD, SO JUST IN CASE. PERFECT.
Brody says, OFF I GO.
Brody climbs a ladder and kneels on top of the scaffolding platform. He holds the wall and carefully stands.
Rok says, GOT IT!
Brody says, I'M KING OF THE SCAFFOLDS!
Rok cheers, WOOHOO!
[Whooshing]
Brody sits on the edge of the scaffolding.
Brody asks, WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT CARPENTRY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PROFESSIONS? AS I LUMBER DOWN, LET'S LEVEL UP ON THE HISTORY OF CARPENTRY.
[Whooshing, upbeat music plays]
In a video, Akeylah walks by a wooden structure with round, thin log columns. She rubs a stone and a bone against each other.
Brody narrates, WOODEN STRUCTURES THAT DATE BACK 400,000 YEARS AGO ARE PROOF THAT EARLY HUMANS PRACTICED CARPENTRY USING TOOLS MADE OF STONES AND BONES.
In a black-and-white video, Akeylah stands in front of a photograph of logs stored by a sawmill.
Brody narrates, INDUSTRIAL SAWMILLS OF THE 1800’S REVOLUTIONIZED CARPENTRY IN CANADA. THESE SAWMILLS ENABLED MASS PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, ALLOWING EASY ACCESS TO BUILDING MATERIALS. HANDHELD POWER TOOLS LIKE THE DRILL AND CIRCULAR SAW INVENTED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY MADE CARPENTRY WORK MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
[Upbeat music plays]
In front of a photograph of a partially framed house, Akeylah wears a hard hat and safety glasses and holds a hammer.
Brody narrates, TODAY GENERAL CARPENTERS CONSTRUCT AND REPAIR HOMES, BUILDINGS, ROADS AND BRIDGES ALL ACROSS ONTARIO.
[Upbeat music plays]
In the training centre, Brody says, WHOA, THIS PLACE IS TAKING SHAPE! I CAN SEE MYSELF LIVING HERE.
Rok says, EXACTLY, IT'S A REALLY NICE HOUSE. WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WE'VE DONE ALL THE ROUGH CARPENTRY, ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN'T SEE, AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW DO THE FINISHING, WHICH IS...
Brody says, LET ME GUESS. FINISHING IS ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU CAN SEE.
Rok says, EXACTLY.
[Staplegun banging]
Rok staples a piece of drywall. She staples trim around a doorway.
Rok says, SO, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY NAILS SHOWING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FINISHED REALLY NEATLY. BRODY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Brody says, I THINK YOU NAILED IT.
Rok says, YES.
Brody says, AND ALSO, IT'S PRETTY A'DOOR'ABLE.
[Drum rimshot plays]
Rok says, AGREED, 100 PERCENT.
[Upbeat music plays, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
In the skill space, Brody and Akeylah enter, picking leaves off their shirts and out of their hair.
Brody says, WELL AKEYLAH, I'D SAY WE DID A PRETTY BANG-UP JOB BUILDING THAT TREE HOUSE.
Akeylah says, YEAH, THANKS TO THE CARPENTRY SKILLS YOU GOT FROM ROK AT THE TRAINING CENTRE; I'D SAY WE NAILED IT.
Brody says, OOH, WE SHOULD SEND HER A PICTURE OF OUR HANDY WORK.
Brody holds a photograph of him and Akeylah posing in the treehouse.
Akeylah says, AW, SHE'LL LOVE IT. AND MAYBE YOU'LL LOVE GENERAL CARPENTRY AS A COOL CAREER CHOICE.
Brody says, BUT EVEN IF CARPENTRY DOESN'T QUITE CUT IT, THERE ARE STILL STACKS OF OTHER SKILLED TRADES THAT MIGHT MEASURE UP AND TAKE YOU TO THE TOP.
Both wave and say, BYE.
They lean over the photograph.
Brody asks, YOU THINK SHE'LL FRAME IT?
Akeylah says, OH YEAH.
[Upbeat music plays]
End credits. Hosts: Brody Agmon, Akeylah James. Co-host: Anna Paul. Tradesperson: Rokhaya Gueye. Written and directed by Maria Bui. Produced by Francis Mitchell, Johnny Mitchell, David Mitchell. Co-producers: Emma Fox, Anthony Gullace. Executive producers: Richard Bergmann, Thomas Kritsch. Music by: Joseph Shabason, Christine Bougie. Special thanks to U.B.C. Built Training Centre, United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 27, Max Mazzotta, Alan Bridgeman, Mike and Anne McKenna. Produced in association with T.V.O. Kids. Executive producer, T.V.O.: Kirsten Hurd. Production executive, T.V.O.: Austin Guervara Mastretta. Riverbank Pictures. Copyright 2024 Riverbank Pictures.
T.V.O. Kids and Riverbank Pictures Original.
[Child giggles, upbeat music plays, popping]
Text reads, “T.V.O. Kids presents.”
[Energetic music plays]
Akeylah and Brody stand in front of a screen, which shows a sparking blowtorch. Akeylah wears a dark grey tunic. Her short black hair is tightly braided. Brody’s dark brown hair is short. He wears a light brown shirt and grey pants.
Akeylah and Brody say, WELCOME TO TRADING SKILLS!
Akeylah says, THE SHOW WHERE WE TAKE TURNS TRYING A SKILLED TRADE. I'M AKEYLAH.
Brody says, AND I'M BRODY.
Video footage shows a welder and a mechanic.
Akeylah says, A SKILLED TRADE IS A JOB THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL SKILL.
Akeylah and Brody say, THERE ARE LOTS OF SKILL TRADES.
Brody says, AND YOU MIGHT FIND THE PERFECT TRADE FOR YOU.
Akeylah says, MAYBE THERE'S A TRADE THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
[Whooshing]
Brody says, SO COME WITH US INTO THE TRADES ON TRADING SKILLS.
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
In the skill space, Akeylah and Brody lean over a drawing on their work table.
Brody says, SO, I WAS THINKING FOR THE TREE HOUSE. WE HAD A TRAP DOOR RIGHT HERE, AND THEN WE HAD THE WINDOWS HERE, HERE, AND HERE.
Akeylah says, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE EPIC TREE HOUSE BRODY. OOH, HOW ABOUT WE ADD A SECRET CRAWL SPACE? IF WE CAN BUILD IT WITH A WALL OVER HERE.
[Quiet tapping, paper rustling]
Brody drops his pencil and rolls up the drawing.
Brody says, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT AN EPIC PLAN FOR A TREE HOUSE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST PLAN I'VE EVER SEEN. BUT...IF WE CAN BUILD IT. I HAVE NEVER BUILT A TREE HOUSE BEFORE.
Akeylah says, OH, NEITHER HAVE I. BUT MAYBE THERE'S A SKILLED TRADE THAT COULD HELP?
Brody looks through the rolled-up drawing and spies a book titled, “A Collection of Carpenters.”
Brody says, A SKILLED TRADE WHERE YOU BUILD STRUCTURES OUT OF WOOD YOU SAY. WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
Akeylah says, WAY TO SCOPE THAT OUT, BRODY.
[Chiming]
Akeylah says, OOH, A COLLECTION OF CARPENTERS. IT SAYS HERE THAT THERE IS A GENERAL CARPENTER NEARBY NAMED ROKHAYA, WHO CAN HELP US HAMMER OUT HOW TO BUILD OUR DREAM TREE HOUSE.
In a video clip, Rokhaya Gueye holds a drill. She wears a hard hat over her brown hair, a bright safety vest, and a black shirt.
Brody says, OOH, 'WOOD' YOU MIND IF I TAKE THIS ONE?
Akeylah says, NO WORRIES, I'LL SAND YOU ON YOUR WAY.
Brody says, ALRIGHT!
[Upbeat music notes play, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
Brody enters a large training centre with partially finished houses inside.
Brody narrates, I HEADED OVER TO MEET ROKHAYA AT THE BRAND-NEW CARPENTERS TRAINING CENTRE IN VAUGHAN, ONTARIO, TO SEE WHAT I CAN SAW.
Rokhaya works inside a house.
[Hammering]
Brody says, HI ROKHAYA.
Rokhaya says, HEY BRODY. WELCOME. YOU KNOW YOU COULD CALL ME ROK. PEOPLE CALL ME ROK FOR SHORT.
Rok and Brody fist bump.
Brody says, THANKS, ROK. WOW. THIS PLACE LOOKS AWESOME. BUT WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DOES A CARPENTER DO ANYHOW?
[Scraping, stapling]
Rok and another carpenter install house wrap on a wall. Rok uses a staple gun to staple a piece of wood.
Rok says, WE INSTALL, WE REPAIR, WE ERECT. ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK OF AND YOU COULD WALK ON, CARPENTERS DOES IT. WE GET TO BUILD SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, MALLS, RESIDENTIAL. RESIDENTIAL, LIKE HOUSES.
Brody says, SO, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH MY TREEHOUSE.
Rok says, ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GET YOU GEARED UP. SAFETY FIRST.
Brody says, ALRIGHT.
[Upbeat music notes play, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
Later, Brody and Rock wear hard hats, safety glasses, gloves, and bright safety vests.
Rok says, SO, LET'S START AND DO SOME FRAMING.
Brody repeats, FRAMING? YOU NEED A GOOD PICTURE?
[Camera shutter snapping]
Brody poses with his hand on his chin.
Rok says, NO, NOT THAT TYPE OF FRAMING. LET ME SHOW YOU. FRAMING A HOUSE IS THE SKELETON OF THE HOUSE. YOU SEE?
[Tapping]
Brody and Rok walk into a framed house. Brody taps one of the walls.
Brody says, OH, IT'S LIKE THE BONES OF THE HOUSE.
Rok says, EXACTLY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS HALF WALL RIGHT AT THE BACK.
Brody and Rok pick up a wooden stud and hold it horizontally. Rok picks up another wooden stud and holds it perpendicular to the end of the first one.
Brody and Rok says, TAKE THIS STUD. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FLUSH.
[Drill whirring]
Rok drills the top wooden stud onto the perpendicular stud.
Rok says, PERFECT. GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME THING. 16 ON CENTRE.
Brody says, 16 ON CENTRE? WHAT'S THAT? SOUNDS LIKE A FOOTBALL PLAY.
Rok takes out a measuring tape and measures to the centre of the horizontal wooden stud.
Rok says, JUST IMAGINE THIS IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE.
Brody says, YEAH.
Rok points to 16 inches on the measuring tape.
[Whooshing, popping]
Rok says, AND 16 ON CENTRE IS EXACTLY RIGHT HERE. 16 INCHES. AND WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS UNTIL WE ARE AT THE END OF THE PLATE.
Brody says, NOW I UNDERSTAND.
Rok says, 16 ON CENTRE. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MAYBE DRILLING IT?
Rok puts another wooden stud and stands it beneath the 16-inch mark on the horizontal stud.
Brody says, YEAH.
Rok says, YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOME PRESSURE.
[Drill whirring]
Rok says, OKAY, MORE PRESSURE.
[Drill whirring, upbeat music continues]
Rok says, YEAH, PERFECT. THAT'S AMAZING. YOU'RE A NATURAL.
Rok and Brody fist bump.
Rok says, ALL RIGHT. LET'S FINISH THE LAST ONE.
[Drill whirring]
Brody stands a vertical stud beneath the end of the horizontal stud and drills the lumber together.
Rok says, AMAZING! GOOD JOB!
Brody says, ALRIGHT!
Rok says, SO, LET'S CONNECT IT TO THE WALL. RIGHT OVER THERE.
[Banging]
They carry the half-wall frame to a nearby wall.
Brody says, THERE.
Rok says, AND I'LL CONNECT IT TO THE BOTTOM.
[Drill whirring]
Brody holds the half wall in place, and Rok attaches it to the wall.
Rok says, VOILA, THIS IS HOW WE INSTALL A HALF WALL.
[Knocking]
Brody knocks on the top of the wall.
Brody says, NOW I'D SAY THAT'S A JOB WALL DONE.
[Upbeat music notes play, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Hammering, upbeat music plays]
Brody says, OKAY, WE BUILT A WALL, WE DID SOME FRAMING. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED FOR MY TREE HOUSE?
Rok says, YOUR TREEHOUSE IS OUTDOOR, RIGHT?
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, SO, WE WILL NEED TO DO SOME SIDING.
[Popping]
An arrow points to the siding on a wall beside Rok.
Brody asks, WHAT'S THAT?
Rok says, SIDING. IT PROTECTS FROM THE OUTDOOR ELEMENT LIKE RAIN, SNOW, BUGS, AND IT MAKES THE HOUSE PRETTY.
Brody says, SO IT'S LIKE THE ARMOUR, BUT ARMOUR'S MADE OF METAL AND THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE METAL.
Rok shows Brody piles of siding.
Rok says, YOU ARE PERFECTLY CORRECT. THIS IS VINYL. SO, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE. WHEN IT COMES TO SIDING, WE HAVE FROM THE METAL, VINYL, ALUMINUM, AND LOOK AT THIS ONE. IT'S BLUE, SHINY, VERY LIGHT, DON'T YOU THINK?
Rok gives Brody a piece of vinyl siding.
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, AND STURDY.
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, SO LET'S GET STARTED.
Brody says, SOUNDS EX-SIDING.
Rok says, NICE. SO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THIS PIECE, WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT IT TO YOUR RIGHT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FOLD IT THIS WAY. YOU SEE HOW IT'S FOLDABLE?
[Clicking]
Rok bends the siding slightly and slides it into place.
Brody says, YEP.
Rok says, AND THEN CONNECT IT. YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT, YOU HEARD THAT CLICK SOUND?
[Hammering]
Rok places a nail at the top of the siding.
Rok says, SO, BRODY, COME HERE, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE IT A TRY.
Brody says, ALL RIGHT.
[Hammering]
Rok says, PERFECT. CAN I SHOW YOU SOMETHING? SO, YOUR HAMMER, YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD IT RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM, RIGHT THERE AT THE HANDLE. AND WHEN YOU ARE HAMMERING, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ONE MOVEMENT, JUST AN EXTENSION OF YOUR ARM.
Brody says, OKAY.
Rok says, OKAY? AND...
Brody bends down and picks another piece of siding.
Rok says, YEAH, BRODY GET ME THAT.
Brody says, THERE YOU GO.
Rok says, WE'LL INSTALL AND WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.
Rok positions the siding over the piece they just installed.
Brody says, ALL RIGHT.
[Clicking]
Rok says, MAKING SURE IT'S IN.
[Upbeat music continues]
Brody and Rok install rows of siding on the wall.
[Hammering]
Rok says, AND THIS IS HOW WE PUT UP SIDING. I THINK IN NO TIME, YOUR TREE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE FLAWLESS.
[Tapping]
Rok and Brody tap the siding.
Brody says, ROK, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON MY SIDE.
Rok says, ABSOLUTELY.
[Upbeat music plays, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
Brody narrates, AFTER PUTTING UP A WALL, IT WAS TIME TO BREAK DOWN SOME BARRIERS AND GET TO KNOW ROK A LITTLE.
[Upbeat music plays]
Rok and Brody sit in the training centre.
Brody asks, SO, ROK, HOW DID YOU GET INTO GENERAL CARPENTRY?
Rok says, WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I WAS FASCINATED ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS AND ALSO HOW BUILDINGS COME ABOUT. SO, I DECIDED TO VOLUNTEER AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, BUILDING HOMES FOR PEOPLE REALLY IN NEED. WENT AND STUDIED AND GRADUATED AT GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN MANAGEMENT. SO, I'VE BEEN DOING MY APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE CARPENTERS UNION. DID SO WELL, ENDED UP ALSO LANDING A GREAT JOB AND TO DO OUTREACH. AND HERE I AM.
Brody says, WOW, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY LONG JOURNEY. YOU MUST REALLY LOVE YOUR JOB.
Rok says, IT'S SO FASCINATING. I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M ABLE TO PROBLEM SOLVE, BE CREATIVE, BUT ALSO BE PART OF THE BROTHERHOOD AND THE SISTERHOOD OF THE CARPENTERS UNION. IT GIVES ME A JOY, SENSE OF JOY, SENSE OF BELONGING.
Brody asks, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BECOME A GENERAL CARPENTER?
Rok replies, I WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE AN ADVICE AS TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT DIPLOMA, RIGHT? BUT TO BE A GENERAL CARPENTER APPRENTICE, WHAT YOU NEED IS GRADE 10 MATH AND ENGLISH. WHILE YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR THE ONTARIO YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WE CALL IT OYAP, AND THAT GIVES YOU A HEAD START INTO YOUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. ONCE YOU'RE DONE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP WITH OUR U.B.C. BUILD TRAINING CENTRE, AND FROM THERE, YOU GET ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING TODAY AND MORE.
Brody says, WELL, HATS ON TO THAT.
[Upbeat music plays, hands slapping]
Brody and Rok put on their hard hats and high-five.
Brody says, LET'S GO GET BACK TO WORK.
[Upbeat music plays, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
Rok and Brody walk to a hip-high scaffold in front of a line of harnesses hanging on a wall.
Rok says, HEY BRODY, WELCOME TO THE WORKING AT HEIGHT PLATFORM. WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SCAFFOLD.
Brody asks, WHAT'S A SCAFFOLD?
[Popping]
An arrow points to the scaffold.
Rok says, IT'S A TEMPORARY WORKING PLATFORM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PLATFORM IS VERY LOW, SO, WE WILL BE RAISING IT UP TO THIS HIGH. SO, BEFORE WE GET UP HIGH, WE'RE GOING TO WEAR OUR HARNESSES, SAFETY FIRST. LET'S GET YOU GEARED UP.
[Clips clinking]
Rok helps Brody put on his harness.
Brody says, I FEEL SO SAFE. WHAT NEXT?
Rok says, OH, NEXT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THIS PLATFORM. YOU PULL IT HARD.
[Clicking, clattering]
Rok lifts the wooden platform off the scaffold, and Brody pulls out a peg in the side.
Rok says, YAY!
Rok says, YOU GOT IT! JUST HOLD IT THERE A BIT FOR ME.
[Clanking]
Brody and Rok move the side of the scaffold to a higher level and fasten it in place.
Rok says, HOLD IT UP FOR ME.
[Clicking, clattering]
Rok puts the platform back on the scaffolding.
Rok says, SO, LET'S MOVE THIS SCAFFOLD CLOSER TO THE WALL.
Brody says, ALL RIGHT.
He and Rok slide the scaffolding to the wall.
Rok says, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
Brody says, I'M READY TO GET UP THERE. HOOK ME UP.
Rok clips a lanyard to the back of Brody’s harness. He adjusts his hard hat.
Rok says, HOOKING THE LANYARD, SO JUST IN CASE. PERFECT.
Brody says, OFF I GO.
Brody climbs a ladder and kneels on top of the scaffolding platform. He holds the wall and carefully stands.
Rok says, GOT IT!
Brody says, I'M KING OF THE SCAFFOLDS!
Rok cheers, WOOHOO!
[Whooshing]
Brody sits on the edge of the scaffolding.
Brody asks, WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT CARPENTRY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PROFESSIONS? AS I LUMBER DOWN, LET'S LEVEL UP ON THE HISTORY OF CARPENTRY.
[Whooshing, upbeat music plays]
In a video, Akeylah walks by a wooden structure with round, thin log columns. She rubs a stone and a bone against each other.
Brody narrates, WOODEN STRUCTURES THAT DATE BACK 400,000 YEARS AGO ARE PROOF THAT EARLY HUMANS PRACTICED CARPENTRY USING TOOLS MADE OF STONES AND BONES.
In a black-and-white video, Akeylah stands in front of a photograph of logs stored by a sawmill.
Brody narrates, INDUSTRIAL SAWMILLS OF THE 1800’S REVOLUTIONIZED CARPENTRY IN CANADA. THESE SAWMILLS ENABLED MASS PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, ALLOWING EASY ACCESS TO BUILDING MATERIALS. HANDHELD POWER TOOLS LIKE THE DRILL AND CIRCULAR SAW INVENTED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY MADE CARPENTRY WORK MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
[Upbeat music plays]
In front of a photograph of a partially framed house, Akeylah wears a hard hat and safety glasses and holds a hammer.
Brody narrates, TODAY GENERAL CARPENTERS CONSTRUCT AND REPAIR HOMES, BUILDINGS, ROADS AND BRIDGES ALL ACROSS ONTARIO.
[Upbeat music plays]
In the training centre, Brody says, WHOA, THIS PLACE IS TAKING SHAPE! I CAN SEE MYSELF LIVING HERE.
Rok says, EXACTLY, IT'S A REALLY NICE HOUSE. WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WE'VE DONE ALL THE ROUGH CARPENTRY, ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN'T SEE, AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW DO THE FINISHING, WHICH IS...
Brody says, LET ME GUESS. FINISHING IS ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU CAN SEE.
Rok says, EXACTLY.
[Staplegun banging]
Rok staples a piece of drywall. She staples trim around a doorway.
Rok says, SO, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY NAILS SHOWING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FINISHED REALLY NEATLY. BRODY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Brody says, I THINK YOU NAILED IT.
Rok says, YES.
Brody says, AND ALSO, IT'S PRETTY A'DOOR'ABLE.
[Drum rimshot plays]
Rok says, AGREED, 100 PERCENT.
[Upbeat music plays, whooshing]
Title: Trading Skills.
[Upbeat music plays]
In the skill space, Brody and Akeylah enter, picking leaves off their shirts and out of their hair.
Brody says, WELL AKEYLAH, I'D SAY WE DID A PRETTY BANG-UP JOB BUILDING THAT TREE HOUSE.
Akeylah says, YEAH, THANKS TO THE CARPENTRY SKILLS YOU GOT FROM ROK AT THE TRAINING CENTRE; I'D SAY WE NAILED IT.
Brody says, OOH, WE SHOULD SEND HER A PICTURE OF OUR HANDY WORK.
Brody holds a photograph of him and Akeylah posing in the treehouse.
Akeylah says, AW, SHE'LL LOVE IT. AND MAYBE YOU'LL LOVE GENERAL CARPENTRY AS A COOL CAREER CHOICE.
Brody says, BUT EVEN IF CARPENTRY DOESN'T QUITE CUT IT, THERE ARE STILL STACKS OF OTHER SKILLED TRADES THAT MIGHT MEASURE UP AND TAKE YOU TO THE TOP.
Both wave and say, BYE.
They lean over the photograph.
Brody asks, YOU THINK SHE'LL FRAME IT?
Akeylah says, OH YEAH.
[Upbeat music plays]
End credits. Hosts: Brody Agmon, Akeylah James. Co-host: Anna Paul. Tradesperson: Rokhaya Gueye. Written and directed by Maria Bui. Produced by Francis Mitchell, Johnny Mitchell, David Mitchell. Co-producers: Emma Fox, Anthony Gullace. Executive producers: Richard Bergmann, Thomas Kritsch. Music by: Joseph Shabason, Christine Bougie. Special thanks to U.B.C. Built Training Centre, United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 27, Max Mazzotta, Alan Bridgeman, Mike and Anne McKenna. Produced in association with T.V.O. Kids. Executive producer, T.V.O.: Kirsten Hurd. Production executive, T.V.O.: Austin Guervara Mastretta. Riverbank Pictures. Copyright 2024 Riverbank Pictures.
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