CARPENTER

Work setting

• Construction
• Various locations
• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Renovation
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Millwork/pre-fab shopwork
• Residential

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare estimates of labour and/or material costs
• Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements
• Read blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine work requirements
• Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes, using measuring tools
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• 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
• Supervise other workers
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments