Carpenter

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
**Work site environment**:

- At heights
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

- Construction
- Residential
**Tasks**:

- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate 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
- Survey building locations and levels
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
**Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Hand tools
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Work with mínimal supervision
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety vest
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
**Workplace information**:

- On the road job
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week