FRAMING CARPENTER

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Read blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine work 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
• Instruct apprentices

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Tight deadlines
• Work with minimal supervision

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Punctuality

• Overview

  Languages

  English

  Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

  Experience

  1 year to less than 2 years

  On site

   Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

  Work site environment

  • At heights
  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Outdoors

  Work setting

  • Construction
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Renovation
  • Commercial
  • Industrial