About the job
Employer
Framing Carpenter
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
- Construction
- Various locations
- Commercial
- 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
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
- Supervise apprentices and bench workers
- Prepare cost estimates
Equipment and machinery experience
Hand tools
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
Employment terms options
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
Other benefits
Free parking available