Framer-Carpenter

Work setting

• Construction
• Various locations
• Commercial
• Residential

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
• Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
• Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
• Perform routine maintenance work
• Load, unload and transport construction materials
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
• Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
• Clean and pile salvaged materials
• Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
• Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
• Assemble tower cranes on site

Experience and specialization

Construction specialization

• Industrial, commercial and institutional

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Fast-paced environment