Carpenter

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work site environment**:

- Noisy
- Dusty
**Work setting**:

- Construction
- Various locations
- Renovation
**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
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
- Instruct apprentices
- Supervise other workers
- Estimate costs and materials
- Operate CADD and other computer software systems
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
- Operate woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, mortisers and shapers, to cut, shape and form parts and components
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week