Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- Construction trades, general
- Carpentry/carpenter
- Construction trades, other
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Construction
- Renovation
- Commercial
- Residential
- Residential construction
- Residential renovation
- Residential/client's home
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
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
- Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
- Saw, trim and plane rough lumber into dressed lumber of various sizes
- Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
- Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
- Offer mentoring
Certificates,



licences, memberships, and courses
- Carpenter Trade Certification
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
- Working at heights training
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Carpenter Red Seal Certificate
- Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools
Area of work experience
- Framing and shingling
Area of specialization
- Finishing
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Work with minimal supervision
Own tools/equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Punctuality
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Experience
- 5 years or more
Employment terms options
- Overtime available
Health advantages
- Health care plan

📌 Carpenter (Saskatoon)
🏢 CareerBeacon
📍 Saskatoon