carpenter
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting:
Various locations.
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.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Workplace information:
On the road job.