carpenter

Education:

Registered Apprenticeship certificate. Construction trades, general. Carpentry/carpenter. Construction trades, other. or equivalent experience.

Work site environment:

• At heights.
• Confined spaces.
• Noisy.
• Dusty.
• Outdoors.

Work setting:

• Construction.
• Renovation.
• Commercial.
• Residential.
• Residential construction.
• Residential renovation.
• Residential/client's home.

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.
• Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems.
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware.
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments.
• Saw, trim and plane rough lumber into dressed lumber of various sizes.
• Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs.
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists.
• Offer mentoring.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Carpenter Trade Certification.
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) training.
• Working at heights training.
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.
• Carpenter Red Seal Certificate.
• Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate.

Equipment and machinery experience:

Hand tools.

Area of work experience:

Framing and shingling.

Area of specialization:

Finishing.

Transportation/travel information:

• Own transportation.
• Valid driver's licence.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Bending, crouching, kneeling.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Large workload.
• Physically demanding.
• Tight deadlines.
• Work with minimal supervision.

Own tools/equipment:

• Tools.
• Steel-toed safety boots.

Personal suitability:

• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Judgement.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Values and ethics.
• Punctuality.

Screening questions:

• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
• Do you have experience working in this field?.
• Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.

Experience:

5 years or more.

Employment terms options:

Overtime available.

Health benefits:

Health care plan.