carpenter
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work site environment:
- At heights.
- Confined spaces.
- Noisy.
- Dusty.
- Outdoors.
Work setting:
- Construction.
- Various locations.
- Commercial.
- Residential.
Level of expertise:
Maintenance and repair.
Tasks:
- Prepare estimates of labour and/or material costs.
- 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.
- Prepare tenders and quotations.
- 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.
- Survey building locations and levels.
- Instruct apprentices.
- Supervise other workers.
- Estimate costs and materials.
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments.
Equipment and machinery experience:
Hand tools.
Transportation/travel information:
Public transportation is available.
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.
Own tools/equipment:
- Tools.
- Safety equipment/gear.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Hard hat.
- Safety glasses/goggles.
- Safety vest.
Personal suitability:
- Accurate.
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Punctuality.
Employment terms options:
Shift.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Support for youths:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Supports for visible minorities:
Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.