Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Job Title

Carpenter 2

Rehabilitation & Correction – Pickaway Correctional Institution

Pickaway Correctional Institution, 11781 State Route 762, Orient, 43146, Ohio, United States

Trades

Carpentry Trade, General Maintenance

Flexibility, Problem Solving, Time Management

• Serves as lead worker, providing work direction and training over lower level carpenters, trades workers, and incarcerated individuals performing carpentry duties.
• Designs, fabricates, repairs, and installs wood products (e.g., cabinets, Formica tops, partitions, shelves, and signs).
• Makes repairs and alterations to buildings (e.g., tile, floors, stairs, door frames, windows, walls, ceilings, rafters and roofs).
• Performs rough and finished carpentry work using skilled hand and bench tools.
• Determines and completes material needs, cost estimates, and submits requests for purchase.
• Reads blueprints and/or schematic diagrams.
• Maintains inventory of carpentry supplies.
• Maintains tool count of tools used by incarcerated individuals (e.g., completes tool control form daily, maintains strict inventory of tools).
• Performs other maintenance and/or miscellaneous duties (e.g., semiskilled carpentry, painting, electrical, sheet metal, HVAC).
• Ensures compliance with security regulations.
• Serves on institutional committees.
• Attends training, seminars and/or meetings.
• Performs security functions as required (e.g., man‑down, shakedown, inmate movement).
• Performs other duties as assigned (e.g., snow and ice removal and grass cutting).

• 18 months training or 18 months experience in carpentry work; 1 course or 3 months experience in blueprint reading; 1 course or 3 months experience in hand & power tool operation; formal education in arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions & percentages) and reading & writing common English vocabulary.

• Or 6 months experience as Carpenter 1, 52241.

• Or an equivalent of the minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

All final applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to appointments. Testing will also be performed for the presence of marijuana. An applicant with a positive test shall not be offered employment unless the applicant submits medical documentation of legally prescribed medications or a recommendation for medical marijuana.

The final applicant selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. An individual assessment of an applicant’s prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug‑free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non‑medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug‑Free Workplace Policy (HR‑39), and as outlined in the posting.