Apprentice carpenter Jobs in Chula Vista, CA

Overview

VTG is currently seeking a Carpenter to join our team in San Diego, CA at NAS North Island.

What will you do?

• Carpenter, measure, cut, construct, install, repair, and modify wood, composite, and wood substitute items where specific fit and accuracy are within allowable limits to produce a serviceable product. apply standard measurements, specifications, and instructions when constructing, installing, or repairing items such as frame structures, decking, partitions, shelving, doors, forms, siding, and scaffolds.

• Apply a general knowledge of wood, composite materials, wood substitutes, and woodworking techniques, as well as basic shop mathematics to plan, measure, and lay out materials according to dimensional requirements and specifications.

• Typically follow specific instructions and are aided through the use of templates, or preplanned, or precut materials.

• Carpenters set up and operate a wide variety of wood working machines and tools.

• Assemble items with a variety of joining techniques such as miters, rabbets, dados, biscuit, and mortise and tenon, and use glues and adhesives to secure wood pieces, veneers, and counter tops.

• Use wood, metal, and various composite materials when installing or replacing interior partitions, flooring, panels, suspended ceilings, counter tops, and moldings.

• Interpret drawings, blueprints, and specifications independently, and determine the layout and work sequences and types of lumber or special related materials.

• Pplan and carry out projects from initial layout to completion.

• Accuracy, spacing, fit, and structural soundness and finished appearance are essential.

Do you have what it takes?

Experience & Education

• High School degree or equivalent required.
• Carpenters at this level have a thorough knowledge of wood and wood substitute materials, and construction techniques.

• They are skilled in the operation of general and precision carpentry and woodworking equipment and are able to produce finished products with precise fits, accurate dimensions, and acceptable appearance.

• Carpentry workers, who work with basic blueprints and sketches, carpenters are able to interpret complex instructions, sketches, blueprints, and building codes.

• They are able to measure for layouts such as those required to construct footings for structural foundations and construct concrete forms and related structures with little or no supervisory guidance. They use advanced shop mathematics to plan, compute, and lay out more complex and exact projects with features such as arcs, tangents, and circles.

• They are skilled in setting up and operating the full range of industrial woodworking and related machinery such as routers, band and scroll saws, and drill presses.

• They are able to determine the proper grade, size, and type of lumber or wood substitute material required for the job.

• They have skill in operating and using power and hand tools and other woodworking equipment such as portable drills, clippers, joiners, shavers, tenoners, sanders, routers, power activated nailers, combustion type saws, screw fasteners, drill presses, and table saws.

• Must have skill in setting up and adjusting stationary power equipment by checking and adjusting, for example, the "squareness" of the blade on a radial arm saw in relation to the surface of the cutting table.

• Must have skill in performing routine maintenance on equipment by lubricating machines, changing and sharpening saw blades, and by adjusting drive belt tensions.

• Carpenters are able to mill heavy lumber, cut bevels, rabbets, chamfers, grooves, and compound miter joints, and apply plastic laminates to wood and other surfaces on counter tops, cabinets, desk tops, and tables.

Minimum qualifications are the baseline for determining technical acceptability in the personnel.

• Experience must be within the last five years.
• All personnel must be U. S. citizens.
• Individuals released from Military Service with other than “Honorable Discharges” do not meet minimum qualifications.
• Ability to read and interpret data is required.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.

Other Qualifications:

• This position requires skills such as walking, running, climbing, crawling, jumping and other similar physical activities.
• Must be able to endure extreme climate conditions and be able to work in an outdoor setting

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $33.21/hourly which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.