CARPENTER

Full Job Description

UNCLASSIFIED POSITION

THE CURRENT VACANCY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE & ASSET MANAGEMENT

Minimum Qualifications:

Completion of coursework equivalent to the academic requirements of a High School diploma or G.E.D.

equivalent; two (2) years carpentry experience; or an equivalent combination of education a d experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

Resumes are welcomed without personal and identifiable information.

Specific License or Certification Required: Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the performance of the essential functions and learn, comprehend, and apply all county or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively in the position.

Examination:
The examination will consist of an evaluation of education and experience, accomplished by an analysis of the application. The application must document that the applicant possesses the minimum knowledge, skills, education, and experience listed to be rated as qualified. If selected, an official, accredited college transcript is required, at the time of employment, for all degrees/course work used to qualify for this position.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED. PLEASE REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ACCURACY AND MAKE ALL CORRECTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTAL BECAUSE ERRORS CAN RESULT IN NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.

Requirements

Purpose of Classification:

Incumbent in this class performs operational duties related to repairing and constructing cabinetry, flooring, ceilings, walls, doors, and roofs. Responsibilities include cutting lumber, installing doors and windows, assembling furniture, and trimming and applying finishing touches to projects.

Essential Functions:

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Performs preparatory work, including inspecting work sites for potential problems and ensuring all required materials and equipment are available.

Performs carpentry-related activities, including cutting lumber, fitting and joining lumber for construction and repair, installing doors and windows, handling sheetrock and other types of siding, hanging ceiling wire, designing and building porches and flooring, replacing damaged flooring, assembling furniture, and trimming and applying finishing touches to projects.

Operates various power tools, including sanders and saws to perform carpentry work.

Inventories materials and equipment to ensure that the supply level is adequate.

Performs cleanup duties, including cleaning up paint spills, picking up tools and debris, cleaning work area, and performing touch up work as needed.

Additional Functions:

May be required to serve on a 24-hour on-call basis.

Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Performance Aptitudes:

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to act as lead person or crew leader, providing guidance to a work unit, coordinating activities, and reviewing work of the unit. Requires the ability to provide semi-formal training to others in specific areas using furnished teaching materials.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

Additional Information

It is the policy of Fulton County that there will be equal opportunity for every citizen, employee and applicant, based upon merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetics, disability or sexual orientation