Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Work setting
- Construction
- Various locations
- Renovation
- Willing to relocate
- Commercial
- Residential
Level of expertise
- Maintenance and repair
Responsibilities
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
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
- Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
- Instruct apprentices
- Estimate costs and materials
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Work with minimal supervision
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Punctuality