Carpenter Master

Supplemental Information

This vacancy resides in theUniversity's New Iberia Research Center.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Taronsler Faye Cormier
Human Resources Specialist
faye.cormier@louisiaina.edu
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Human Resources

Qualifications

Job Concepts

Function of Work:
To perform complex and detailed carpentry work related to buildings, structures, furniture, cabinets and other wooden items that require a high degree of precision and/or perform leadworker duties for a crew of less than three subordinates.
Level of Work:
Advanced.
Supervision Received:
Broad review from a Carpenter Foreman or other higher level maintenance personnel.
Supervision Exercised:
May serve as leadworker over assigned craftsmen as the need occurs.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Carpenter by responsibility for overseeing the work of subordinate craftsmen and performing the most complex carpentry duties.
Differs from Carpenter Foreman by lack of direct supervisory responsibility over assigned trades personnel.

Examples of Work

Repairs all types of furniture and wooden items.
Builds high quality bookcases, tables, lockers, cabinets, museum cases and fixtures.
Sands, finishes, refinishes, varnishes and stains furniture and other finished articles of wood.
Measures and precisely cuts a variety of artificial mate rails such as plastic, particle-board, formica, etc.
Canes and upholsters furniture.
Makes knives to produce special moldings and operates a planer, shaper, jointer, work lathe, drill press, mortising, boring, tenoning machines, jig saws, rip saws and cut-off saws.
Installs and fits fine trim work around lights, electrical fixtures, doors, windows and other outlets.
Estimates time and material for carpentry projects.
Inspects and approves work of contractual employee's.
Lays out, surveys and constructs all manner of detailed carpentry projects from shop drawings or blueprints.
Installs and repairs locks.
Finishes high grade carpentry projects.
Mortises doors and other construction related detailed work.
Lays out and installs floor tile including resilient tile.
Estimates supplies needed for completion of specified projects.
Provides guidance for subordinate Carpenters and trades personnel as needed.
Keeps records as required by supervisory personnel.
Oversees apprentice training.
Performs other duties as needed to insure the smooth flow of work within the job unit.