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Northcentral Construction Job Description Carpenter General Description of Job Title A carpenter constructs and installs wooden structures and fixtures, following blueprints and building plans, while ensuring safety and adhering to building codes. They measure, cut, and shape wood, and may also install other materials like drywall or plastic. Key Responsibilities: • Reading and Interpreting Blueprints: Understanding and following blueprints and building plans to ensure projects are constructed accurately. • Choosing and Identifying Materials: Accurately identify types, sizes, and grades of materials. • Measuring and Cutting Materials: Accurately measuring and cutting wood, plastic, or other materials to precise dimensions. • Constructing and Installing Structures: Building and installing various structures, including framing walls, floors, and doorframes, stairs, roofs, and other structures. This includes installing windows, doors, and other fixtures. • Making Fixtures and Fittings: Crafting and installing custom wood fixtures and fittings. • Repairing Wood Structures: Addressing and repairing damaged wood structures. • Ensuring Safety: Maintaining a safe work environment by adhering to safety protocols and using personal protective equipment. • Using Tools: Proficiently using a variety of hand and power tools, such as hammers, saws, drills, lasers, levels, sanders and more. • Working with Other Tradespeople: Collaborating effectively with other tradespeople, such as plumbers, electricians, and project managers. • Following Building Codes: Ensuring all work complies with relevant building codes and regulations. • Maintaining Tools and Equipment: Keeping tools and equipment in good working order. • Other duties as required: Performs other duties as needed to support the company operations. This may include working with concrete crews, performing siding and roof, hanging drywall and other tasks. General Demands – • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. • Ability to deal with what the changing weather forecast and wear proper clothing. • The work is physically demanding and may be performed in awkward positions, including heights and confined spaces. • Must be able to travel and work flexible hours. • Must be able to work at heights safely. Page 1 of 3 Abilities required: Mathematics- Ability to easily add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to convert fractions to decimal numbers and convert decimals to fractions. Extent Flexibility- The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. Finger Dexterity- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. Vision- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer) and clear see at a distance. Good peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus is necessary. Static Strength- The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. 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. 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. Stamina- The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. 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 (66% of time or more) required to : • Stand and walk • Repetitively use hands for gripping, pinching, pulling, pushing and fine manipulation • Reach with hands and arms forward or overhead • Bend at waist or neck • Climb and/or balance. • Lift and/or move more than 50 pounds The employee is frequently (33%-66% of the time) required to: • Lift and/or move up to 100 pounds The employee is occasionally required to: • Sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl • Lift and/or move than 100 pounds. What Are the Working Conditions? Carpenters may work indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions requiring prolonged standing, climbing, kneeling, and squatting. Page 2 of 3 Summary of specific job functions: ROUGH CARPENTRY Some of the skills for this position include but are not limited to the following: ➢ Install backing quickly and accurately ➢ Read and understand blueprints ➢ Set exterior wall panels quickly and correctly ➢ Set interior wall panels quickly and correctly ➢ Apply sheeting to walls quickly and correctly ➢ Set Floor truss/joist quickly and accurately ➢ Apply sheeting to decks quickly and correctly ➢ Set roof trusses quickly and accurately ➢ Apply roof sheeting quickly a correctly ➢ Install sub fascia or facia quickly and correctly ➢ Install exterior doors quickly and correctly ➢ Install patio doors quickly and correctly ➢ Install windows quickly and correctly ➢ Layout and build exterior decks and railings ➢ Layout and stick frame 2x walls exterior/interior ➢ Plumb and level walls quickly and accurately ➢ Cut and install stair systems - simple winders ➢ Cut and install stair system - complex winders ➢ Cut and set rafters for roofs - simple inverted ➢ Cut and set rafters for roofs - complex inverted ➢ Layout and cut or set valley truss sets ➢ Layout and set/frame hip roof systems ➢ Layout a print for wood deck ➢ Layout a building correctly on a foundation or floor deck ➢ Layout floor/roof trusses or joist/rafters ➢ Operate forklift safely and correctly ➢ Properly square a building ➢ Be able to operate hand and power tools of all types safely and effectively ➢ Clean-up site/units ➢ Perform punch of units Disclaimer Summary of specific job functions: FINISH CARPENTRY Some of the skills for this position include but are not limited to the following: ➢ Install metal and wood shelving quickly and accurately ➢ Read and understand blueprints ➢ Install base doors quickly and correctly ➢ Install exterior doors quickly and correctly ➢ Install interior pre-hung wood doors ➢ Mortise and hang doors and jambs ➢ Install casing quickly and accurately ➢ Install door, cabinet and window hardware ➢ Install bathroom hardware and mirrors ➢ Install underlayment ➢ Install kitchen cabinets - simple and complex layout ➢ Install vanities and vanity tops ➢ Install handrail exterior ➢ Install wood roofing and flooring ➢ Install baluster style interior railing systems ➢ Install half wall cap – stairs/linear footage ➢ Install crown molding ➢ Build and laminate custom counter tops ➢ Install AC covers ➢ Install mantles and fireplace hearths ➢ Install bypass and bi-fold doors ➢ Install skirt boards, treads and risers ➢ Install windowsills ➢ Adjust doors and/or cabinets to close properly ➢ Install metal frame doors in wood and/or concrete ➢ Build custom cabinetry ➢ Install and adjust door closers ➢ Install casing – precut & assembled frames as well as cutting linear footage to work ➢ Install Metal casing on doors ➢ Install bath countertop only with supports ➢ Be able to operate hand and power tools of all types safely and effectively ➢ Clean-up site/units ➢ Perform punch of units The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.