Remote Carpenter

About This Role

Participate in the Common Lives Project by recording woodworking, building, or fabrication routines for a short-term paid contract. Your footage will help researchers improve AI understanding of manual labor.

Responsibilities

• Wear a head-mounted GoPro camera to capture daily activities for 5 separate days within a 2-week window
• Record a minimum of 7 hours per day, with flexibility to take breaks and pause the camera for privacy
• Upload footage to a secure platform at the end of each day
• Review short clips and choose to delete, anonymize, or consent to each video segment
• Use a computer for basic tasks such as reviewing and uploading video clips

Requirements

• No children (under 18) present or visiting during the recording period
• All adults in the space must be fluent English speakers and consent to being recorded
• Must live in a private, self-contained apartment, building, or indoor work environment
• All household members must agree to appear in the footage
• Must work indoors in non-customer-facing roles
• Must be self-employed or have employer consent to record in the work environment
• Access to a computer and internet connection

Nice to Have

• Engaged in manual or creative work (e.g., chef, baker, artist, carpenter, musician, electrician, mechanic)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits