Carpenter I - Repair and Maintenance Operations Section (Honolulu Unit)

Hawaiʻi State Department of Education; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 57,697 - 78,008; Full time

Job summary

Hawaii State Department of Education seeks a skilled Carpenter I to perform carpentry tasks across facilities, including framing, flooring, roofing, and finishes. The role involves reading blueprints, laying out projects, installing hardware, and maintaining building components to high standards.

Four years of carpentry experience or equivalent training are required, along with the ability to lift heavy loads, operate woodworking machinery, and hold a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Four years of carpentry experience or equivalent training.
• Knowledge of carpentry practices and safety procedures.
• Ability to use hand and power tools; read blueprints and sketches.
• Lift up to 50 pounds unassisted; up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Valid driver's license; meet all job requirements at application date.

Responsibilities

• Lay out, cut, fit, reinforce and nail structural components for buildings and bridges.
• Remove and replace flooring, ceilings, partitions or roofing as needed.
• Read blueprints and determine materials, dimensions and costs.
• Inspect and install hardware, window/door frames and finishes.
• Operate wood-working machinery and construct cabinets and trim.
• Lead and supervise carpenters and helpers as required.
• Perform work in other building trades when not assigned to carpentry.

Skills

Carpentry basics

Blueprint reading

Tool proficiency

Safety procedures

Manual handling

Tools

Sanders

Planers

Joiners

Handsaws

Routers

Mortises

Wood lathe

Drill presses

Power saws

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lays out, cuts, fits braces and reinforces and nails stringers, piers and flooring guard rails for highway bridges.
• Removes and replaces flooring, ceilings, partitions or roofs destroyed by termites or wet or dry rot.
• Lays out, fits and nails rafters, studs, frames, joints and underpinning posts of buildings.
• Cuts, replaces and installs glass panes in doors and windows using glazier’s points and putty or strips of molding and nails.
• Lays out, cuts, assembles and installs window frames, door frames and louvers.
• Installs or repairs hardware such as locks, door stops, hasps, hinges and door knobs.
• Constructs wooden fences.
• Reads blueprints, working drawings, sketches or specifications to determine the types and costs of materials needed and dimensions of articles or structures to be constructed or repaired.
• Checks vertical and horizontal trueness of objects by using a plumb bob, square or level.
• Selects specified types, kinds and sizes of lumber and other materials.
• Lays out foundations with a transit, level and steel tape.
• Cuts and assembles concrete forms for culverts, walls, curbings, sidewalks and piers for bridges.
• Assembles and wires together reinforcing iron rods and wire mesh and pours concrete in forms.
• Measures, cuts and fits timbers for stringers, fenders and braces for wharves, piers and other structures.
• Removes, places and secures heavy timbers with metal bolts and braces.
• Cuts wooden pilings with a pneumatic saw and constructs foundations for pouring underwater concrete pilings.
• Cuts, fits and erects scaffolding to facilitate work at high levels or difficult to work in places.
• Reroofs buildings with shingles, roofing paper or galvanized iron.
• Operates wood-working machinery such as sanders, planers, joiners, handsaws, routers, mortises, wood lathes, drill presses and power saws.
• Lays out, saws, fits, assembles, nails, screws, glues or dowels and finishes cabinets, filing cases, chairs, counters or desks.
• Lays finished flooring, saws, fits and nails interior and exterior trim, such as moldings, baseboards, sills and fillers.
• Inspects buildings to determine needed repairs and orders needed material.
• Assigns and oversees the work of Carpenter Helpers and other semi-skilled or unskilled workers.
• May lead the work of other journeyman Carpenters.
• May perform work in other building trades when not utilized as a Carpenter.

Salary

Carpenter I, BC-09: $6,078.00 per month. Payday on the 5th and 20th of each month.

Minimum Qualifications

• Four years of work experience in performing a variety of rough and finished carpentry work or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Knowledge of practices and methods in the carpentry trade, including safety procedures; the tools, equipment and materials used in the carpentry trade.
• Ability to use hand and power tools common to the carpentry trade; read and interpret blueprints and sketches; recognize hazards typical of the work; estimate time and materials needed to complete a job; understand and follow oral and written instructions; perform heavy lifting, moving and other manual work typical of the class.
• Some positions require the ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted, and lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds assisted by another person and/or use of equipment.
• Some positions require possession of a current, valid driver's license.
• All applicants must meet all the requirements for the position as of the date of application.

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.