Glossary
Fence Installer Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential fence installer terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key fence installer vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in fence installer training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- 811
- Call-before-you-dig number.
- Blueprint
- Construction drawing.
- Fabric
- Chain-link mesh.
- Frost line
- Depth soil freezes.
- Gate post
- Supports a gate.
- Line post
- Middle post.
- OSHA
- Workplace safety agency.
- Picket
- Vertical board.
- Post
- Vertical support.
- Privacy fence
- Solid fence that blocks views.
- Punch list
- Final fix list.
- Rail
- Horizontal piece.
- Setback
- Required distance from property lines.
- Tension bar
- Holds fabric ends.
- Terminal post
- End or corner post.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Fence Installer practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Fence Installer training.
Browse terms from every career in our career glossary.