Carpenter, Houses

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work site environment**:

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

- Renovation
- 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
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 44 hours per week