carpenter
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment:
- At heights.
- Noisy.
- Dusty.
Work setting:
- Construction.
- Various locations.
- Residential.
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.
- Estimate costs and materials.
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments.
Transportation/travel information:
Willing to travel regularly.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Physically demanding.
- Tight deadlines.
Personal suitability:
- Accurate.
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Overtime required.
Support for youths:
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.