Carpenter

Bridgeton Public Schools

Job Description

POSITION:

Carpenter

QUALIFICATIONS:

  1. High school Diploma/GED 
  2. Experience in carpentry and masonry 
  3. Required criminal history background check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status. 

REPORTS TO:

Maintenance Supervisor and School Business Administrator

JOB GOAL:

To provide help and assistance to the painter, electrician, mason and any other jobs assigned by the supervisor 

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Construct, erect, install and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood and wallboard using carpenter's hand tools and power tools, and conforming to local building codes. 
  2. Study blueprints, sketches or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of the structure or fixture to be fabricated. 
  3. Select specific types of lumber or other material. 
  4. Prepare layout, using rule, framing square and calipers. 
  5. Shape materials to prescribed measurements, using saws, chisels, and planes. 
  6. Mark cutting and assembly lines in material, using pencil, chalk and marking gauge. 
  7. Assemble cut and shaped materials and fasten them together with nails, dowel pins or glue. 
  8. Verify trueness or structure with plumb bob and carpenter's level. 
  9. Erect framework for structure and lay sub flooring. 
  10. Build stairs, lay out and install partitions and cabinet work. 
  11. Cover sub floor with building paper to keep out moisture, and lay hardwood, parquet and wood strip-block floors, and asphalt tiles by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base. 
  12. Apply shock absorbing, sound deadening and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls.
  13. Fit and install prefabricated window frames, doors, doorframes, weather, stripping, interior and exterior trim, and finish hardware such as locks and kick plates.
  14. Construct forms and chutes for pouring concrete. 
  15. Erect scaffolding and ladders for painting structures above ground level. May weld metal parts to steel structural members. 
  16. Finish carpentry, such as installing interior and exterior trim, building stairs, laying hardwood floors. 
  17. Perform general carpentry, painting and finishing. 
  18. Repair all types of furniture arid refinish. 
  19. Locate to repair leaks on roof.
  20. Repair roof, lay roll roofing, lay shingles, and flashings. 
  21. Repair doors and windows 
  22. Glaze windows with putty, polyglaze and paint. 
  23. Repair and replace door and window locks. 
  24. Repair and install ceramic tile. 
  25. Mix, pour and finish concrete. 
  26. Construct bulletin boards, picture and banner frames. 
  27. Replace pencil sharpeners, towel, and toilet tissue dispensers. 
  28. When specific trade job is completed, be able to assist and phase of maintenance work that may arise. 
  29. Have ability to layout and paint signs, gym floors and other graphic painting 

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:

12 months. Salary to be determined by the Board of Education. 

EVALUATION:

Performance will be evaluated in accordance with Board polices and producers on the evaluation of  professional staff.  

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3-23-07 

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