renovation carpenter

Work site environment

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

Work setting

• Construction
• Various locations
• Renovation
• Willing to relocate
• Maintenance and repair
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Millwork/pre-fab shopwork
• 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
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
• Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
• Instruct apprentices
• Supervise other workers
• Prepare and install hardwood floors
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• Work with minimal supervision
• Cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings using hand and power cutting tools
• Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people
• 3-4 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Saws
• Power tools
• Hand tools

Area of work experience

• Framing and shingling

Surface preparation experience

• Drywall taping/patching

Area of specialization

• Painting

Installation specialization

• Ceramic tiles

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding

Own tools/equipment

• Tools

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Benefits

Long term benefits

• Pension plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer