Form Carpenter at Wayne Brothers Companies – Walterboro, South Carolina

POSITION SUMMARY

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Performs all essential job functions of a Carpenter Technician
• Builds forms, fixtures, or templates of wood, metal, plastic or other material for use in the production of concrete footings, slabs, walls, columns, piers, ramps, or steps.
• Determines type and dimensions of concrete forms from oral instructions from lead/master carpenter, carpentry foreman or superintendent.
• Gathers and organizes materials, equipment and supplies to be used in the form building project.
• Uses hand and power tools, as well as light equipment, to measure, cut and otherwise form material to specified dimensions.
• Fastens wood, metal and or plastic/other material to construct the form.
• Constructs forms for continuous, stepped continuous, pier and grade beam concrete footings.
• Constructs edge forms for on-grade slabs to plus or minus 1/8-inch tolerance in grade and line.
• Erects built-in-place forms or tilt-up wall forms on construction sites according to blueprints and layout specifications received from lead carpenter, carpentry foreman or superintendent.
• Inserts wooden or metal spreaders between opposite faces of form to maintain specified dimensions.
• Inserts metal tie rods to hold opposite faces of form panels to specified dimensions.
• Measures, cuts, bends, splices, ties and/or welds rebar, bar supports, welded wire fabric or other support material and places it within the form according to specifications.
• Anchors, shores and otherwise braces forms to fixed objects using nails, bolts, anchor rods, steel cables, planks and timbers.
• Assembles and installs prefabricated forms according to specifications.
• Lifts sections of forms and places them in position according to blueprints, oral instructions, or diagrams, using rule, plumb rule, or level.
• Directs, through proper hand signals, crane operator in lifting and placing heavier sections of forms.
• Nails, bolts, or clamps form sections together using bolts and wing nuts, clamps, or patented fasteners.
• Aligns and sets forms to elevation according to diagram or oral instructions from lead carpenter, carpentry foreman or superintendent using plumb rule, level and foot rule.
• Erects any scaffolding or rigging necessary to complete the project.
• Places concrete during footing, wall, and/or grade beam pours.
• Observes forms as concrete is being poured to insure that they are being held in position by bracing and fastenings.
• Removes forms after concrete has hardened.
• Keeps work area clean and safe at all times.
• Observes all building codes, company, state, OSHA safety rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Reports any job site and/or WB employee related safety violation(s) to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Serves as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team.
• Perform all assigned roles, responsibilities, and related work processes/tasks in the safest possible manner. Ensure that a safe, accident/incident-free work environment is maintained for all co-workers, customers, clients, suppliers, etc. at all times.

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Education and/or Experience

• High School Diploma/GED/Apprenticeship - preferred
• Vocational or technical training in construction - desirable

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Completing assigned work tasks and processes in work teams
• Analyzing and interpreting blueprints and shop drawings
• Measuring and cutting wood and metal precisely
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting
• Communicating/reporting with foremen and team members
• Implementing site safety and work-task plans
• Recognizing and correcting job site hazards
• Making work task-level judgments and decisions.
• Listening, speaking, reading and writing at a basic level
• Thinking logically and critically
• Seeing and interpreting details close up and far away
• Consistent focus on Safety, Quality, Production, and Innovation
• Interacting with other trades or subcontractors

Working Conditions

• Outdoors - frequently
• Indoors - rarely
• Loud noise - frequently
• Temperatures - seasonal
• Personal Protective Equipment – at all times
• Multi-activity worksites - frequently
• Traveling/out of town - frequently
• 40 to 55-hour work week - frequently
• Heights and depths - frequently

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver’s license – preferred
• OSHA - 10 Hour Certification - preferred
• OSHA 30-Hour Certification - preferred
• First Aid/CPR - desirable
• Powder actuated tool certification - preferred
• All-terrain material handler certification –desirable
• Aerial lift certification - desirable
• WB Craft Training & other certifications through Form Carpenter Technician- preferred

Physical Demands

• Lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds
• Frequent lifting, bending, kneeling and reaching
• Walking Frequently
• Reaching above shoulder
• Standing for long periods of time
• Climbing ladders, working at heights, wearing/using fall protection harness
• Handling and assembling formwork
• Handling and installing concrete reinforcement materials
• Handling, placing, and finishing of concrete