Maintenance III- Carpenter

• Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
• Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment
• Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.
• Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saw.
• Study specifications in blueprints, sketches or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.
• Assemble and fasten materials to make framework or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• Build or repair cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, and other wooden fixtures used in buildings, using woodworking machines, carpenter’s hand tools, and power tools.
• Erect scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• Remove damaged or defective parts or sections of structures and repair or replace, using hand tools.
• Install structures and fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, and trim, or hardware, using carpenter’s hand and power tools.
• Select and order lumber and other required materials.
• Maintain records, document actions, and present written progress reports.
• Finish surfaces of woodwork or wallboard in houses and buildings, using paint, hand tools, and paneling
• Prepare cost estimates.
• Inspect ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or woodwork to detect broken or damaged structures.
• Work with hazardous materials.
• Construct forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
• Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, and wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
• Fill cracks and other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.
• Perform concrete mixing work.
• Apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls.
• Snow removal/shoveling, and or snow blowing when assigned 
• Drive automobile, van, or light truck
• Performs any other job-related duties, projects, and responsibilities as assigned by the Superintendent or their designee. 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: 

• Building and Construction:  Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures
• Design:  Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Production and Processing:  Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Mechanical:  Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Public Safety and Security:  Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Mathematics:  Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Time Management:  Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking:  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Listening:  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Judgment and Decision making:  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Quality Control Analysis:  Conducting the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Management of Material Resources:  Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• Active Learning:  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Installation:  installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Coordination:  Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• English Language:  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Reading Comprehension:  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.