carpenter

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
• Ability to work at heights

Work Setting

• Construction
• Various locations
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Commercial

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
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
• Estimate costs and materials
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments