Carpenter Job Description Sample

This Carpenter sample job description can be used to help you create a job advert that will attract candidates who are qualified for the job. Feel free to revise this job description to meet your specific job duties and job requirements.

Job Title: Carpenter

Carpenter Job Purpose:

Works with building materials (most often wood) either on a construction site or in a workshop. Shapes and cuts materials. Installs finished materials like doors, window shutters, window frames, floorboards, etc. once they are cut and shaped.

Carpenter Job Duties:

  • Works with designers and planners on construction projects
  • Defers to the contractor's orders on large construction projects
  • Matches materials to requested design specifications
  • Measures building materials and spaces for installation accurately
  • Orders building materials as needed
  • Creates materials that fit the client's expectations
  • Assembles sturdy and well-constructed floorboards, skirting boards, window frames, doors, door linings, staircases, fitted furniture, cabinetry, shelving, and more
  • Incorporates fixtures like door handles and locks, cabinet handles, stairway railing, and other fixtures into design and implementation
  • Builds temporary housings and supports for setting concrete (shuttering)
  • Builds the framework of a building, bridge, ship, or other large-scale construction project
  • Crafts furniture with fine detail work and/or utmost sturdiness and quality
  • Utilizes skills in other related trades such as plumbing, roofing, bricklaying, painting, tiling, plastering, etc.
  • Participates in first fixing as well as second fixing work
  • Combines carpentry work with joining work
  • Repairs and refurbishes existing building work
  • Replaces damaged wood in hardwood floors and outdoor decks
  • Uses power tools and other tools to cut and shape wood, metal, and other materials
  • Communicates with the rest of the construction team

Carpenter Skills and Qualifications:

Meticulous, Precise, Artistic, Careful, Craftsmanship, Tools, Construction, Artisan, Detail Work, Design, Woodworking, Metalworking, Installing Fixtures, Concrete Setting (Shuttering), Joining, Plumbing, Roofing, Bricklaying, Painting, Tiling, Plastering, Communication

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