carpenter

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work setting:

• Construction.
• Various locations.
• Commercial.
• Millwork/pre-fab shopwork.
• Residential.

Tasks:

• 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.
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware.
• Instruct apprentices.
• Utilize hand and power tools.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.

Equipment and machinery experience:

• Hand tools.

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.

Personal suitability:

• Accurate.
• Team player.

Experience:

• 3 years to less than 5 years.

Employment terms options:

• Day.

Health benefits:

• Dental plan.
• Health care plan.
• Vision care benefits.

Financial benefits:

• As per collective agreement.
• Pension plan.