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University of Delaware

Job No: 503256
Work Type: AFSCME
Location: Newark, DE
Categories: Facilities Services and Campus Planning, Full Time

Schedule: M-F 8am - 4:30pm

Context of Job: Under general supervision performs skilled carpentry work at the journeyman level including tasks such as building/constructing partitions, joists, and studding rafters, wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors, as well as cutting, fitting, installing, and repairing cabinets and drywall to specifications and standards of the trade. Requires experience in all phases of carpentry, such as finished, rough framing, and construction and knowledge of the methods, materials, tools, and equipment to construct, erect, install, maintain, and repair wood structures, fixtures, concrete building forms, and install and repair acoustical ceiling tiles.

Major Responsibilities:

Performs rough and finished carpentry;
Modifies, repairs, and maintains buildings and building surfaces;
Inspects, repairs and/or replaces ceiling tiles;
Reads, interprets, and works from blueprints and drawings; creates sketches of items or modifications necessary for jobs;
Schedules and coordinates work; provides rough estimates and lays out scope of work;
Performs hand and bench work in the Carpenter Shop or at the job site; operates planers, jointers, drill presses, power saws, routers, and other woodworking machinery;
Assembles, repairs and/or modifies furniture;
Repairs and sharpens hand and machine tools;
Assists other structural trade’s personnel in the performance of their duties, e.g. roofing, dry wall repair, window replacement;
Uses computer to access e-mail, receive work instructions and other administrative information to include electronic payroll forms;
Communicates daily using a two-way radio, and/or communication device in order to respond to work-related routine and emergency information;
Ensures shop equipment is in proper working condition;
Performs housekeeping duties to maintain a clean, uncluttered, and safe work environment;
Mixes, matches, and applies stains, dyes, and finishes and ensures their proper storage and disposal; matches lumber types and grades;
Performs all other related duties as assigned.

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