Certified Carpenter

Hinds County School District; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Hinds County School District in Jackson, MS seeks a skilled carpenter for maintenance department responsibilities. The role involves constructing, installing, and repairing wood structures per blueprints and code requirements, including stairs, frames, trim, and finishes.

The candidate should have formal carpentry training or substantial experience, with the ability to read plans and use hand and power tools. This is a full-time on-site position in the maintenance department.

Qualifications

• Completion of a four year federally approved technical training program in carpentry; OR, Four years' carpentry experience.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education yielding comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Responsibilities

• Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood per plans.
• Selects materials and prepares layout using tools.
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements and assembles components.
• Verifies trueness of structure and installs subflooring.
• Fits window frames, doors, trim, and hardware.
• Erects scaffolding and ladders; may weld metal parts.

Skills

Carpentry experience

Education

Carpentry training

Job description

Qualifications

Completion of a four year federally approved technical training program in carpentry; OR, Four years' carpentry experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.

Posting Name

Certified Carpenter

Location

MAINTENANCE DEPT

Job Category

Non-Certified Application

Schedule

Salary

N/A

Licensed Position

No

Full Time

Yes

Description

Carpenter

Qualifications

Completion of a four year federally approved technical training program in carpentry; OR, Four years' carpentry experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.

Reports to: Maintenance Supervisor

Duties and Responsibilities

• 1) Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's handtools and power tools, and conforming to local building codes: Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated.
• 2) Selects specified type of lumber or other materials.
• 3) Prepares layout, using rule, framing square, and calipers.
• 4) Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials, using pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
• 5) Shapes materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, and planes.
• 6) Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• 7) Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter's level.
• 8) Erects framework for structures and lays subflooring.
• 9) Builds stairs and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work.
• 10) Covers subfloor with building paper to keep out moisture and lays hardwood, parquet, and wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
• 11) Applies shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls.
• 12) Fits and installs prefabricated window frames, doors, doorframes, weather stripping, interior and exterior trim, and finish hardware, such as locks, letterdrops, and kick plates.
• 13) Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
• 14) Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• 15) May weld metal parts to steel structural members.
• 16) When specializing in particular phase of carpentry, is designated according to specialty as Combination-Window Installer; Lay-Out Carpenter.
• 17) When specializing in finish carpentry, such as installing interior and exterior trim, building stairs, and laying hardwood floors, is designated Finish Carpenter.
• 18) When erecting frame buildings and performing general carpentry work in residential construction, is designated House Carpenter.
• 19) May remove and replace sections of structures prior to and after installation of insulating materials and be designated Building-Insulating Carpenter.
• 20) May perform carpentry work in construction of walk-in freezers and environmental test chambers and be designated Carpenter, Refrigerator.
• 21) May be designated: Door Hanger; Finished-Hardware Erector; Garage-Door Hanger; Hardwood-Floor Installer; Jalousie Installer; Stair Builder; Trim Setter; Weather Stripper; Wood-Sash-And-Frame Carpenter; Wood-Strip-Block Floor Installer.