Carpenter

Position Summary

Responsibilities

• Reads and interprets blueprints, drawings, and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements
• Prepares layouts in conformance to building codes
• Demonstrates skill in the safe operation of shop tools
• Measures, cuts, shapes, assembles and joins materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials
• Builds foundations, install floor beams, lays subflooring, and erects walls and roof systems
• Fits and installs trim items such as doors, stairs, moulding and hardware
• Maintains, repairs, and renovates structures (residential, commercial, and industrial)
• Mentors apprentices and other construction workers
• May prepare cost estimates for clients

Qualifications

• Must have a Journeyman Carpenter Certificate from a recognized provincial training authority or be a Registered Carpenter Apprentice with a recognized provincial training authority
• RED SEAL certification is an asset
• Must have formwork experience
• Able to accurately read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and sketches
• Practical knowledge of workplace safety and safe lifting and handling procedures