- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 3
- Job Duties:
- Workers are responsible for erecting agricultural buildings for livestock confinement systems on farms. Worker duties include measuring and marking cutting lines on materials using rulers, pencils, chalk, and marking gauges, shaping or cutting materials to specified measurements, and assembling and fastening materials to make frameworks or props using wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue. Other duties include erecting scaffolding or ladders for assembling structures above ground level, installing structures or fixtures such as windows, frames, flooring, trim, or hardware and removing damaged or defective parts of structures for repair or replacement. Workers will study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layouts and determine dimensions and materials required. Additionally, they will anchor and brace forms and other structures in place using nails, bolts, anchor rods, steel cables, planks, wedges, and timbers, install rough door and window frames, subflooring, fixtures, or temporary supports in structures undergoing construction or repair, and dig or direct the digging of post holes and set poles to support structures. They will also build or repair cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, or other wooden fixtures used in buildings, handle hazardous materials, and perform minor plumbing, welding, or concrete mixing work. Equipment to be used includes but is not limited to: hand tools, machines, power saws, and power tools. Please see ETA 790 Addendum for more details.
- Job Classification:
- 47-2031.00 - Carpenters