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Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy
• At heights
• Dusty
• Confined spaces
• Dangerous

Work setting

• Construction
• Installation
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Residential
• Repair
• Restoration
• Various locations
• Renovation

Level of expertise

• Maintenance and repair

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Estimate costs and materials
• Recommend personnel actions
• Read blueprints and drawings
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
• Supervise other workers
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
• Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
• 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
• Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Overtime required
• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload

Weight handling

• Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Judgement
• Values and ethics