Carpenter

New Zealand Defense Force • Linton, IN

330d

About The Position

As a Carpenter, your primary role is vertical construction - such as constructing a field hospital to humanitarian relief construction tasks in disaster struck areas. You will work with all sorts of material and in all sorts of situations, both in New Zealand and overseas. You will receive training under the BCITO apprenticeship scheme to qualify in Level 4 New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry. Once qualified your skills will be called upon everywhere the Army goes. You will be trained to do everything that a civilian equivalent carpenter can do, but with all the Army skills (weapons training, fitness etc) as well! Your civilian qualification will be recognised throughout New Zealand and will prove that you have the knowledge and ability to build almost anything you are tasked with. You will also have all of your tools supplied for you, free of charge.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years old by the time you graduate from recruit course.
• Eligible to meet national security clearance criteria as stipulated by the Government's Protective Security Requirements.
• Any practical or construction experience will make you a more competitive applicant.
• 3 years secondary school education.
• Must be medically fit for service and meet minimum entry fitness standards.
• Strict citizenship and security requirements to gain the required CV security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Practical or construction experience.

Responsibilities

• Constructing field hospitals and other structures for humanitarian relief in disaster-struck areas.
• Working with various materials in diverse situations both domestically and internationally.
• Building and maintaining assets on military camps.
• Providing construction and combat engineering capabilities within the School of Military Engineering (NZ) or the Engineer Regiment.
• Building new camp facilities overseas or maintaining and repairing existing facilities during deployments.

Benefits

• All tools supplied free of charge.
• Recognition of civilian qualification throughout New Zealand.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: National Security and International Affairs
• Education Level: High school or GED