carpenter

Your 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.

Requirements

Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Equipment and machinery experience Hand tools.

Personal suitability

• Accurate.
• Client focus.
• Judgement.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Values and ethics.
• Punctuality.

2 years to less than 3 years.

Other

Work site environment Dusty.

Work setting Construction. Various locations. Renovation. Commercial. Residential.

Transportation/travel information Willing to travel regularly.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Physically demanding.
• Work with minimal supervision.