Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
5 years or more
Work site environment
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Construction
- Various locations
- Renovation
- Historical restoration
- 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
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
- Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
- Survey building locations and levels
- Instruct apprentices
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Carpenter Trade Certification
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
- Carpenter Red Seal Certificate
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Work with minimal supervision
Own tools/equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety vest
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
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Mileage paid
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer