Trades Specialist (Carpenter)

Carpenter

Duties Description

Builds, repairs, and installs such items as counters, cabinets, benches, partitions, floors, doors, windows, building framework, roofs, and trim following verbal or written instructions utilizing the tools of the carpentry trade and following standard carpentry techniques.

Installs and repairs ceiling and floor tiles.

Does general millwork; may build cabinets, furniture, and other wooden equipment in the shop using woodworking machines.

Maintains shop machinery.

May keep inventory and control of the distribution of carpentry tools and equipment and maintain such equipment.

May conduct inspections of the facility to determine maintenance needs and recommend priorities for repair based on the nature of the maintenance problem.

Trades Specialists (Carpenter) may supervise and instruct others in the construction and repair of structures and other wooden items.

Assigns work to a maintenance staff.

May draw rough sketches or prepare plans to scale from verbal or written instructions to accomplish a project.

May review plans and recommend and order the kind, quantity, and quality of materials to be used.

Assembles materials, tools, and equipment required to accomplish the work according to plan.

Lays out the work for staff and performs such skilled tasks as laying out the cutting of roof trusses and stairs, hanging doors, and installing hardware.

May give verbal instruction and / or demonstrate proper carpentry techniques and the use of carpentry tools and equipment.

Observes and inspects work in progress and when completed to ensure that the job is done properly.

Minimum Qualifications

Non-competitive : Four years of full-time experience in carpentry work under a skilled tradesperson which would provide training equivalent to that given in a training, apprenticeship, or equivalent program, or an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of technical courses in carpentry at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services; OR successful completion of the two-year Trades Specialist (Carpenter) traineeship or a two-year carpenter training, apprenticeship, OR equivalent program

• such as the New York State Civil Service Employees Association Partnership Applied Skilled Trades Traineeship and Certificate Program.
• Successful completion of the traineeship and the training program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific classroom instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint / schematic reading course work. Course work must be completed with an average of "C" or better. Additionally, successful completion of the traineeship also includes 4,000 hours of on-the-job training.

When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.

Trades Specialist (Carpenter) Trainee 1, NS (equivalent to SG-9) : Full-time permanent service in a position allocated at Grade 12 or below which is primarily engaged in the performance of unskilled and / or semiskilled labor and trades tasks; must be 18 years of age or older; possess a High School diploma or general equivalency diploma recognized by the New York State Education Department; and be proficient in English and math.

Trades Specialist (Carpenter) Trainee 2, NS (equivalent to SG-11) : Successful completion of a 52-week probationary period as a Trades Specialist (Carpenter) Trainee 1; OR completion of 45 hours of technical math coursework and 15 hours of blueprint reading / schematics coursework or passage of an equivalency exam or proof of successful completion of equivalent training, 144 hours of carpentry trade specific instruction, and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training. Trainees must maintain a "C" or better average in their coursework.