carpenter

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Will train

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

• At heights
• Outdoors
• Drug enforcement

Work setting

• Construction
• Various locations
• Industrial
• Roads and bridges
• Fabrication
• Drilling
• Camp
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials
• Instruct apprentices
• Supervise other workers
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Fabricate and apply removable insulation pads and covers
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
• Build staging or erect scaffolding for heavy metalworking jobs

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Carpenter Trade Certification
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Drilling equipment

• Core drill

Equipment and machinery experience

• Hand tools
• Drills

Area of work experience

• Resource exploration

Area of specialization

• Exploration

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Tight deadlines

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Benefits

Other benefits

• Transportation provided by employer