Qualification Standards:
A) Job Application
B) Minimum Age: 18
C) Education: High School Diploma
D) Interview with standard questions that will be the same for each candidate
i. Carpentry Experience - Previous positions have a scope of responsibility and control that prepares them to be a carpenter. Need not match the scope of carpentry.
ii. Accomplishments - Performs assigned tasks well, delivers reliable,
high-quality results.
iii. Team Style – Works well with others, accepts valid criticism, & etc…
iv. Background Test and References
v. Basic Carpenter Test – Union Online Test sent to candidates during
interview.
E) Cognitive Test: Truity - This is an additional method of learning the candidate/not a minimum, but is scored and compared with other candidates
F) Physical: Negative Drug Test and Carpenters Physical Demand
Performance-Based Training Classes
A. General Knowledge
· Industry Orientation
· Tools and Materials
1. Care, cleaning, and safe use of tools, measuring devices and woodworking machinery
a. Portable Power/Powder Actuated Tools
b. Stationary Power Tools I
2. Identifying trade materials and their uses
· Construction Layout I
B. Form Building
1. Building and placing straight concrete forms; irregular
concrete forms; concrete forms for footings, stairways, floors, walls, columns
2. Stripping and salvaging forms for re-use
· Joist Framing & Layout
· Wall Layout, Plating & Detailing Walls
· Truss Roof Framing
· Gable Roof Framing
· Hip & Intersecting Roof Framing
Patios & Decks
Stair Framing 12.5 and Installation 20
· Footing Forms
Foundation/Slab-on-Grade Forms
· Wall Forms
· Columns, Beams, and Girders
· Stair Forms
· Trenching and Excavating
· Reinforcing Concrete
C. Rough Framing
Framing floors, walls, roofs, stairs, scaffolding - on both houses
and heavy construction. Materials: Ceramic Tile, Terrazzo, Carpet, Wood Flooring, VCT Flooring
1. Laying out mud sills or plates for anchoring
2. Placing girders or beams
3. Installing sills
4. Placing and bracing grader posts
5. Installing and bridging floor joists
6. Laying out stairwells
7. Laying sub-floors
8. Laying out story-poles
9. Constructing, installing, and bracing wall frames
10. Trimming for openings
11. Framing and placing ceiling joists
12. Framing roofs; laying roof decking
13. Roof covering (if in keeping with area practice)
14. Building and erecting scaffolding
15. Using builder’s level
D. Layout
1. Batter boards
2. Partitions
3. Door and Windows
4. Box-out in concrete walls
5. Stairs
6. Roofs
E. Interior Finish
1. Fitting, sanding, and installing doors and windows
2. Applying interior door, ceiling and window trim
3. Applying hardware and fittings to the interior of building doors and windows
4. Applying baseboards and moldings
5. Applying interior trim
6. Constructing and setting cupboards, cabinets, wardrobes, Countertop Installation and Solid Surface Installation
7. Shelving & Misc. Fixtures
8. Constructing and setting stair work
9. Preparing sub-floor and applying finished wood flooring
10. Laying other types of finished flooring (in keeping with the carpenter craft and prevailing area practices)
F. Interior Installation/Acoustics and Drywall
1. Ceilings - Laying out, cutting, assembling and installing materials and components:
a. Hangers, channels, furring and backing boards
b. Bars: main tees, cross tees, splines
c. Stiffeners and braces
d. Ceiling angles or moldings
e. Finish ceiling materials
2. Walls and Partitions - Laying out, cutting, assembling, erecting, and applying materials and component parts:
a. Drywall installation on metal framing
b. Paneling
c. Cabinet installation
d. Floor and ceiling runners
e. Studs (wood and metal), stiffeners, bracing, fire blocking
f. Resilient and furring channels
g. Laying out, framing, enclosing vents, light wells, and other openings
h. Wall angles and moldings
I. Soffit work
j. Studless and laminated installations
k. Thermal and sound insulation
l. Backing and finish materials
m. Fireproofing columns, beams, and chases
G. OUTSIDE FINISHING
1. Putting on insulation board or house wrap for all types of walls (if in keeping with area practice)
2. Laying out and installing door frames and jambs
3. Laying out and installing window frames
4. Fitting and sanding doors and windows
5. Applying exterior door and window trim and hardware
6. Applying insulation (if in keeping with area practice)
7. Cutting and installing water tables
8. Constructing and applying all types of cornice and soffit
9. Finishing gable ends
10. Constructing verge or bargeboards
11. Installing gutters (if in keeping with area practice)
12. Constructing and setting columns
13. Constructing and setting newels and railings
14. Constructing porches and entrance canopies
15. Applying outside wall coverings (in keeping with area practice)
16. Laying out, constructing, and setting louvers
17. Installing other exterior trim
18. Applying all hardware and fittings outside of buildings
H. Welding & Cutting
1. Welding as it applies to the trade
2. Conducting oxyacetylene cutting operations
3. Safety
I. Metal Framing I
Material/Fasteners Identification Metal Framing Layout
J. Metal Framing II
Floor Joists, Decks, & Walls
Ceiling Joists, Trusses, & Rafters
Metal Stairs
K. Plastics and Resilients
1. Knowing various types of materials and their uses
2. Laying out, cutting, welding, installing
L. Hazardous Materials (Optional)
1. Asbestos abatement
2. Handling and disposing of other hazardous materials
Miscellaneous
1. Safety
2. Rigging and signaling
3. Ensuring conformity of design and materials blueprint, plans, and specifications
4. Building walkways
5. Erecting shoring
6. Building sheds
7. Building weather protection devices and structures
8. Erecting fencing
9. Insulation & Sound Control
TOTAL MINIMUM HOURS 5200