Carpenter Level 1

You are a reliable, quality driven, problem solver with experience on job sites.

As a commercial construction carpenter you construct, erect, install and repair structures of wood, plywood, and wallboard to local building code.

You have the skills and perform work basic to most building construction.

You erect wood frame work in buildings, build forms for concrete and erect partitions, studs, joints, drywalls and rafters.

You install all types of floor coverings, ceilings, paneling, trim, and interior systems.

You use a broad range of hand and power tools, and you maintain your tools in safe and working order.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.
Other duties may be assigned.

• Study 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.
• Lay out floor plans, windows, doors and cabinetwork.
• Select materials and structural units, such as lumber, prefabricated doors and cabinets of wood or plastic, and paneling, and inspects them to ensure conformance with provisions of building code and local ordinance.
• Determine sequence of activities concerned with fabrication, assembly and erection of structure.
• Install doors, build stairs and lay hardwood floors.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Mark cutting and assembly lines on materials.
• Shape materials to prescribed measurements.
• Build stairs and lay out and installs partitions and cabinet work.
• Fit and install prefabricated window frame doors, metal doorframes, weather stripping, interior and exterior trim and finish hardware, such as locks, closures, crash bars, letter drops and kick plates.
• Erect scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• Install finish trim, cabinets, counters and millwork
• Lead small crew of carpenters and/or laborers to accomplish assigned tasks

Supervisory Responsibilities   This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Current Drivers License
Osha 10

Other Skills and Abilities

Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Quality: Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity: Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; *Completes tasks on time and notifies appropriate person when task is complete.

Qualifications  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience  High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
Minimum 1- 3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Language Skills  Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.   Active Listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Mathematical Skills   Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Static Strength – The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Trunk Strength – The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing.

Arm-Hand Steadiness – The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Manual Submission Instructions:

FIRST PRINT OR SAVE THE BLANK FORM TO YOUR COMPUTER AND COMPLETE THE SAVED FORM.

Attach your completed application file and E-mail to: Personnel@hutterconstruction.com