framing carpenter

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
• CAD / CADD drafting and / or design technology / technician
• Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields, other
• Language: Portuguese
• Work at heights

Work Setting

• Construction
• Various locations
• Residential

Level of Expertise

• Maintenance and repair

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
• Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
• Survey building locations and levels
• Supervise other workers
• Estimate costs and materials
• Operate CADD and other computer software systems
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses

• Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
• Working at heights training
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Equipment and Machinery Experience

• Hand tools

Transportation / Travel Information

• Own transportation

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Work with minimal supervision

Own Tools / Equipment

• Tools
• Safety equipment / gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Safety glasses / goggles

Personal Suitability

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