CARPENTER ASSEMBLER AND REPAIRER

Job Definition:

• Carpenters and joiners cut, shape, assemble, erect, maintain and repair various types of structures and fittings made from wood and other materials.

Job Description:

• Perform a variety of tasks requiring a limited knowledge of carpentry, such as applying siding and weatherboard to building exteriors or assembling and erecting prefabricated buildings.

Duties and Tasks:

• • 1) Repairs or replaces defective locks, hinges, cranks, and pieces of wood, using glue, hand tools, and power tools.
  • 2) Applies stain, paint or crayons to defects and filter to touch up the repaired area.
  • 3) Directs crane operator in positioning floor, wall, ceiling, and roof panel on house foundation.
  • 4) Moves panel or roof section to other work stations or to storage or shipping area, using electric hoist.
  • 5) Studies blueprints, specification sheets, and drawings to determine style and type of window or wall panel required.
  • 6) Fills cracks, seams, depressions, and nail holes with filler.
  • 7) Examines wood surfaces for defects, such as nicks, cracks, or blisters.
  • 8) Measures cut materials to determine conformance to specifications, using tape measure.
  • 9)) Realigns windows and screens to fit casements and oils moving parts.
  • 10) Measures and marks location of studs, leaders, and receptacle openings, using tape measure, template, and marker.
  • 11) Cuts sidings and moldings, sections of weatherboard, openings in sheetrock, and lumber, using hand tools and power tools.
  • 12) Lays out and aligns materials on worktable or in assembly jig according to specified instructions.
  • 13) Removes surface defects, using knife, scraper, wet sponge, electric iron, and sanding tools.
  • 14) Trims overlapping edges of wood, weatherboard, using portable router or power saw, and hand tools.
  • 15) Installs prefabricated windows and doors, insulation, wall, ceiling and floor panels or siding, using adhesives, hoists, hand tools, and power tools.
  • 16) Aligns and fastens materials together, using hand tools and power tools, to form building or bracing.

Activities:

• 1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 2) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 3) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• 4) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 5) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Abilities:

• 1) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• 2) Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• 3) Explosive Strength — The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
• 4) Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• 5) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 6) Spatial Orientation — The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
• 7) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
• 11) Gross Body Coordination — The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
• 12) Dynamic Strength — The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
• 13) Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing.
• 14) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• 15) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• 16) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 17) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 18) Gross Body Equilibrium — The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

Knowledge

• Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads