carpenter supervisor

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy
• Confined spaces
• At heights
• Dusty

Work setting

• Construction
• Willing to relocate
• Renovation
• Historical restoration
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Supervision
• Millwork/pre-fab shopwork
• Various locations

Level of expertise

• Maintenance and repair

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Estimate costs and materials
• Survey building locations and levels
• Supervise other workers
• Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
• Instruct apprentices
• Work with minimal supervision
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
• Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes, using measuring tools
• Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements
• 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
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people
• 3-4 people
• 5-10 people
• 11-15 people

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Carpenter Trade Certification
• Carpenter Red Seal Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Working at heights training
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) training

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Hand tools

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Willing to travel
• Willing to travel regularly

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Overtime required
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload
• Tight deadlines

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Tools

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Punctuality

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Wellness program