Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Overview

Carpenter role at Miles-McClellan Construction

Primary

Purpose:

Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard; installs doors, frames, and door hardware using hand tools and power tools, conforming to local building codes.

• Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans to determine required material and dimensions.
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials.
• Prepares layout using rule, framing square, and calipers.
• Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials using pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements using saws, chisels, and planes.
• Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter’s level.
• Erects framework for structures and lays subflooring.
• Builds stairs and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work.
• Covers subfloor with building paper to keep out moisture.
• Applies shock-absorbing and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls.
• Fits and installs pre-fabricated window frames, doors, and door hardware.
• Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.

• High school diploma.
• Three (3) years commercial construction experience.
• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
• Apply shop mathematics to solve problems.
• Plan work and select proper tools.
• Perform a variety of duties which may change often.
• Rate information using standards that can be measured or checked.
• Physically, workers must be able to: climb and maintain balance on scaffolds and ladders; lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 lbs.; reach for, handle, and manipulate objects and materials; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and see well (either naturally or with correction).

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Construction

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.