carpenter
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Noisy.
- Dusty.
Work setting:
- Construction.
- Various locations.
- Relocation costs covered by employer.
- Renovation.
- Willing to relocate.
- 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.
- 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.
- Supervise other workers.
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments.
Type of product:
Power tools.
Equipment and machinery experience:
Hand tools.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Physically demanding.
- Tight deadlines.
- Work with minimal supervision.
Own tools/equipment:
- Safety equipment/gear.
- Hard hat.
- Safety glasses/goggles.
- Safety vest.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Other benefits:
Learning/training paid by employer.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
Support for mature workers:
Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .