Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work Setting:
- Construction
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Residential
Tasks:
- Read blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine work 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
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
- Schedule and co-ordinate work on sites
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
Supervision: 1 to 2 people
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
