Carpenter

Primary Purpose: Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard; and installs doors, frames, and door hardware using carpenters hand tools and power tools, and conforming to local building codes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials;
• Prepares layout, using rule, framing square, and calipers;
• Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials, using pencil, chalk, and marking gage;
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, and planes;
• Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue;
• Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenters level;
• Erects framework for structures and lays subflooring;
• Builds stairs and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work;
• Covers subfloor with building paper to keep out moisture;
• Applies shock absorbing and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls;
• Fits and installs pre-fabricated window frames, doors, door frames, and hardware;
• Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete;
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• High school diploma
• Three (3) years commercial construction experience
• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy
• Apply shop mathematics to solve problems
• Plan work and select proper tools
• Perform a variety of duties which may change often
• Rate information using standards that can be measured or checked
• Physically, workers must be able to: Climb and maintain balance on scaffolds and ladders; lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 lbs.; reach for, handle, and manipulate objects and materials; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and see well (either naturally or with correction).

The above description covers the principal duties and responsibilities of the job. The description shall not, however, be construed as a complete listing of all miscellaneous, incidental or similar duties which may be required from day to day.