Carpenter - Orleans, Canada - Ken Ross Contracting
Ken Ross Contracting
Orleans, Canada
Verified Company
2 days ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
Work site environment:
- Noisy
- Dusty
Work setting:
- Construction
- Various locations
- Maintenance and repair
- Residential renovation
- Revamp and renovation
Tasks:
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate 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
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Schedule and coordinate work on sites
- Estimate costs and materials
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
- Utilize hand and power tools
- Remove and replace cracked or damaged tiles
- Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants
- Reinforce assembled furniture and fixtures with dowels or other supports
- Propose improvements to methods, systems and procedures
- Prepare, sand and trim wooden furniture and fixture parts
- Prepare floors for installations
- Prepare and install hardwood floors
- Perform trade work during home construction, renovation or restoration
- Monitor and inspect work
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
- Install hardware on furniture and fixtures
- Inspect sites or facilities to ensure safety and cleanliness standards
- Establish methods to meet work schedules
- Coordinate implementation of repairs, maintenance and renovation
- Align and straighten tiles
- Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
- Maintain clean and safe work environment
- Load and unload trucks with supplies and equipment
- Document and prepare invoices and work orders
- Trim, smooth, and shape surfaces
- Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve work methods
- Perform other routine maintenance jobs such as painting and drywall repair
- Ensure adherence to safety regulations
- Repair or restyle wooden furniture, fixtures and related products
- Communicate with other workers to coordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments
- Cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings using hand and power cutting tools
- Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout
- Install tile strips
- Install, repair and service interior or exterior prefabricated products
Supervision:
- 1 to 2 people
Computer and technology knowledge:
- MS Office
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
Weight handling:
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment:
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steeltoed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Initiative
- Flexibility
- Dependability
- Organized
- Punctuality
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Workplace information:
- On the road job
Other benefits:
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
