carpenter
Your tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine work requirements.
- Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes, using measuring tools.
- Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials.
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems.
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware.
- Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites.
- Instruct apprentices.
- Estimate costs and materials.
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate.
- CPR Certificate.
Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools.
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots.
Personal suitability
- Team player.
- Punctuality.
3 years to less than 5 years.
Other
Work site environment
- Noisy.
- Dusty.
Work setting
- Construction.
- Various locations.
- Renovation.
- Commercial.
- Residential.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Physically demanding.
- Tight deadlines.
- Work with minimal supervision.
Screening questions Do you have experience working in this field?.
Employment terms options
- Morning.
- Day.