Work Term: Permanent
Work Language: English
Hours: 32 to 40 hours per week
Education: College/CEGEP
Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
------------------------- Outdoors
Work setting
---------------- Construction
Various locations
Renovation
Willing to relocate
Commercial
Industrial
Residential
Tasks
--------- Prepare estimates of labour and/or material costs
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
Prepare tenders and quotations
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
Survey building locations and levels
Instruct apprentices
Supervise other workers
Estimate costs and materials
Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments