Employment type: Permanent employment, full-time / 35 to 40 hrs per week
Start Date: As soon as possible
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
• Noisy
• Dusty
• Outdoors
Work setting
• Construction
• Various locations
Responsibilities
• Prepare estimates of labour and/or material costs
• 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
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
•Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
• Instruct apprentices
• Supervise other workers
• Estimate costs and materials
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
Supervision
3-4 people
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
Equipment and machinery experience
Hand tools
Security and safety
Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
• Willing to travel
•Valid driver’s licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Tight deadlines
Own tools/equipment
• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
•Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
Personal suitability
• Accurate
• Reliability
• Punctuality
