Carpenter assistant

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Description

Object of activities: manufacture of simple wooden products and construction of wooden structures.
Typical work tools: personal protective equipment, woodworking tools, equipment and machine tools, cutting, planning, drilling, grinding, forging, fixing tools, lifting equipment, etc.
Typical working conditions: working indoors or outdoors; when unloading materials, installing windows, roof structures and other external wooden elements of the building, have to work with lifting mechanisms, including at height.
Additional information: the carpenter assistant follows the principles of occupational safety and health, ergonomics, occupational hygiene, fire safety, environmental protection, and sustainable construction. The following personal qualities are important to him: thoroughness, honesty, concentration, body coordination, physical endurance, ability to plan work, identify defects, work in a team. The carpenter assistant works in a group or individually. The carpenter assistant carries out his activities under the coordination and supervision of a higher-skilled worker, performs simple operations and actions to solve simple problems, assists higher-skilled workers in the performance of tasks, provides written and oral information, and provides feedback. After obtaining this qualification, individuals will be able to work in construction companies.
Competences of qualification:
1. Store carpenter‘s materials, products, equipment and constructions according to the instructions.
2. Prepare and put in order a carpenter‘s work place according to the instructions.
3. Process wood with manual tools according to the instructions.
4. Produce simple wooden products according to the instructions.
5. Assist in assembling wooden building constructions and elements.
6. Assist in laying wooden floors.