CARPENTER

About the role

You will serve as a Carpenter in the Public Works Directorate of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC.

Responsibilities

• Produce finished products with precise fits, accurate dimensions, and acceptable appearance.
• Mill heavy lumber, cut bevels, rabbets, chamfers, grooves, and compound miter joints, and apply plastic laminates to wood and other surfaces, e.g., counter tops, desk tops, etc.
• Interpret drawings, blueprints, and specifications independently.
• Repair a variety of common metal office furniture and equipment, to include, but not limited to desks, chairs and filing cabinets.
• Work with a large variety of hardwoods, softwoods, plywood, veneers, wood substitutes, gluing and bonding agents.
• Install door and window sashes and apply caulking, compound, or other filler material around door and window casings and at other points where tight seal is required.
• Disassemble, replace, or remove worn or damaged items such as rollers, latches, hinges, damaged desk and tabletops, bent or crooked arms and legs.
• Construct and repair a wide variety of structural items such as, building frames, rafters, concrete forms, walls, staircases, door and window frames, and interior and exterior trim.

  Qualifications

  • The ability to perform the work of a Carpenter without more than normal supervision performing duties such as:
    • Constructing and repairing wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close fit and structural soundness;
    • Interpreting blueprints to determine the layout and work sequences of construction projects;
    • Operating power and hand tools and other woodworking equipment such as portable drills, clippers, joiners, shavers, sanders, routers, combustion type saws, drill presses and table saws.

  Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements