Carpenter Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Previous experience in the field
• Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures
• Work within precise standards of accuracy
• Rate information using standards which can be measured or checked
• Compare and see differences in the size, shape and form of lines, figures and objects
• Observe flat drawings or diagrams and understand how they would look as solid objects
• Apply basic mathematical skills
• Follow oral and written directions
• Work at heights without fear

Responsibilities

• Builds wooded structures, such as stairs, concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports, and temporary frame shelters, according to blueprints, or oral instructions, and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work
• Examines blueprints, sketches or building plans for to determine material required and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated
• Selects, loads, and hauls job material to work site
• Prepares layout of form or fixture to be fabricated using lines or grades
• Measures boards, timbers, or plywood using square, measuring tape and ruler and marks cutting lines on materials using pencil and scriber
• Shapes materials to required sizes using saws, chisels, and planes
• Verifies accuracy of structure with transit, plumb bob, square and level
• Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable, wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bar
• Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms
• Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts for use in building concrete piers, footings, and walls
• Erects frame work for structures and lays sub-flooring
• Cuts and assembles timbers to build trestles and cofferdams
• Erects scaffolding for buildings and other structures and installs ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways
• Constructs forms, chutes, and aligns form panels for pouring concrete and grout
• Fits and installs pre-fabricated window frames, doors, weather stripping interior and exterior trim and finished hardware
• Fits and nails sheathing on outer walls and roofs of buildings
• Sets and braces anchor bolts
• Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities with tools and equipment
• Ability to tie rebar
• Operation of electric and pneumatic tools
• May rig materials