Job Description
Job Description Key Responsibilities
- Blueprint & Specification Reading: Interpreting construction drawings, building codes, layout plans, and material lists to establish exact dimensions and structural requirements.
- Layout & Measurement: Using chalk lines, tape measures, laser levels, and transit tools to map out walls, floors, door openings, and roof trusses.
- Rough Framing Construction: Assembling wall studs, floor joists, ceiling rafters, roof trusses, and subflooring using lumber, engineered wood, or light-gauge steel studs.
- Installation of Building Envelope Elements: Fitting exterior sheathing, doors, windows, siding, staircases, and insulation to make structures weather-tight.
- Finish Carpentry & Trim Work: Installing interior doors, baseboards, crown molding, cabinets, countertops, and hardware with precision fit.
- Repair & Renovation: Inspecting, reinforcing, and replacing damaged timber frameworks, rotted beams, or aging interior structural elements.
Core Skillset & Tools CategoryTools & TechniquesPower ToolsCircular saws, miter saws, table saws, pneumatic nailers, impact drivers, routersHand ToolsFraming hammers, speed squares, chisels, hand planes, spirit levels, chalk linesTechnical CompetenciesWood joinery, structural framing math, building code compliance, material estimation