Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Cold/refrigerated
- Hot
Work setting
- Willing to relocate
- Construction site
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Load, unload and transport construction materials
- Perform pre-operational inspection
- Read blueprints to determine work requirements
- Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
- Clean and pile salvaged materials
- Perform routine maintenance work
- Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
- Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems
- Examine and verify the accuracy of work
- Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials
- Follow emergency and safety procedures
- Utilize hand and power tools
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Reciprocating saws
- Air compressors
- Nail guns
- Drills
- Hand tools
- Lifting device
Parts specialization
- Carpentry/woodworking machinery
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Manual dexterity
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Quick learner
