Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- At heights
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Outdoors
- Extremely cold
Work setting
- Construction
- Various locations
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Renovation
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Residential
Tasks
- 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
- Supervise other workers
- Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Carpenter Trade Certification
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
- CPR Certificate
- Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
Apprenticeship training
- Level two apprenticeship training
- Level three apprenticeship training
- Level four apprenticeship training
Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools




Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Work with minimal supervision
Own tools/equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Punctuality
Screening questions
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Experience
- 3 years to less than 5 years
Employment terms options
- Day
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Pension plan
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other advantages
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities

📌 Apprentice carpenter (Swift Current)
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