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PLANT SERVICE - Carpenter

Job Classification

  Hourly Full-time (35-40)

Position summary

Constructs and repairs structural woodwork and equipment in establishment by performing the following duties. Rotates weekend shifts to take call for emergency service calls including repairs beyond normal work hours as required. May be called in at any time to assist with emergency repairs as needed. When on normal call rotation the response time to an emergency should not exceed more than thirty minutes.

Qualifications summary

Carpentry work of at least 6 months of hands-on experience. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Current USA or Canadian Driver licenses. 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

Performs general carpentry as assigned by foreman.  Repairs, and installs counters, cabinets, benches, and partitions.  Works with one or two students.Hangs doors, replaces windows, window screens, installs weather stripping, interior trim, and finish hardware.  Repairs floors and floor tile, repairs steps, builds partitions, works with sheetrock and insulation.  Performs general carpentry work.  Installs suspended ceiling systems.  Replaces damaged ceiling tile, and wall coverings. Installs glass in windows, doors, and partitions.  Installs nameplates and places directional signs.Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above-ground level. Cleans and repairs gutters and downspouts and makes minor roofing repairs. Repairs bock and brick masonry.  Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete, pours and finishes concrete.Installs items such as window shades, venetian blinds, and curtain rods, wall fans, and door locks for tenants.  Hangs pictures, banners and flags and needed. Assists in cleaning carpentry shop.

Supervisory responsibilities

N/A

Qualifications

Carpentry work of at least 6 months of hands-on experience. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problem involving several concrete variables in standardized situations


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

N/A

Interpersonal interactions

N/A

Physical demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger handle, or feel.  The employee frequently required to walk; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

Work environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and / or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic chemicals; extreme heat; and risk of electrical shock.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.