Relevant Trade Certificate III in carpentry or equivalent work experience required
Must have a current Construction Induction Safety certificate (White/Blue Card) - DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE - A White Card is a mandatory work card required in Australia to order to work on a construction site.
Minimum three years’ trade carpentry formwork experience.
Must have own transport and tools and current police clearance.
The right candidate must be reliable, flexible and hardworking with a full knowledge of all OH&S practices
Formwork Carpenters necessary skills are:
• read and interpret working plans and blue prints,
• be proficient in measuring and cutting (as pre-made form sizes don’t always match the exact structure dimensions),
• construct fillers to bridge gaps, join prefabricated units together for large sections of high rise or civil projects and position the reinforcement ready for concrete pours.
The position includes but is not limited to the following:
• Assemble manufactured structures (forms), made from steel, wood or heavy plastic.
• Carry heavy forms, spray them with oil to keep the concrete from sticking, secures forms with iron rods and insert steel reinforcement to give the concrete strength.
• In the case of high-rise buildings and tall structures, build new forms on top of previously poured concrete (slipforming), where the work follows a repetitive process of forming, pouring, forming and pouring.
• Pouring of vertical concrete installations and removal, framing and decking operations, pouring of vertical concrete, distinguishing between different types of material and equipment.
• Carry out setting out, levelling operations, measurements and calculations
• Erect and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs on ground
• Construct, erect and dismantle formwork for stairs and ramps
• Erect and dismantle formwork to suspended slabs, columns, beams and walls, jump form and slip form formwork
• Operate elevated work platforms
• Drain and dewater civil construction site
• Enter and work in confined spaces
• Install trench support
• Working during inclement weather, could be exposed to extreme cold and heat, noise and dust from construction operations depending upon project site.
• Perform general construction labour to include jobsite clean-up and moving of materials by hand.
• Frequently lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling up to 25kg of material and up to 50kg of material with assistance, if requested.
• Frequently walking, stooping, kneeling, reaching and climbing.
• Frequent use of hand tools such as concrete pokers, jumping jacks, compactors, power tools, circular saws, hammers, nails, and bolts.
• Work requires alert individuals with good balance and physical strength.
Job Type: Full-time
Must have a current Construction Induction Safety certificate (White/Blue Card) - DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE - A White Card is a mandatory work card required in Australia to order to work on a construction site.
Minimum three years’ trade carpentry formwork experience.
Must have own transport and tools and current police clearance.
The right candidate must be reliable, flexible and hardworking with a full knowledge of all OH&S practices
Formwork Carpenters necessary skills are:
• read and interpret working plans and blue prints,
• be proficient in measuring and cutting (as pre-made form sizes don’t always match the exact structure dimensions),
• construct fillers to bridge gaps, join prefabricated units together for large sections of high rise or civil projects and position the reinforcement ready for concrete pours.
The position includes but is not limited to the following:
• Assemble manufactured structures (forms), made from steel, wood or heavy plastic.
• Carry heavy forms, spray them with oil to keep the concrete from sticking, secures forms with iron rods and insert steel reinforcement to give the concrete strength.
• In the case of high-rise buildings and tall structures, build new forms on top of previously poured concrete (slipforming), where the work follows a repetitive process of forming, pouring, forming and pouring.
• Pouring of vertical concrete installations and removal, framing and decking operations, pouring of vertical concrete, distinguishing between different types of material and equipment.
• Carry out setting out, levelling operations, measurements and calculations
• Erect and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs on ground
• Construct, erect and dismantle formwork for stairs and ramps
• Erect and dismantle formwork to suspended slabs, columns, beams and walls, jump form and slip form formwork
• Operate elevated work platforms
• Drain and dewater civil construction site
• Enter and work in confined spaces
• Install trench support
• Working during inclement weather, could be exposed to extreme cold and heat, noise and dust from construction operations depending upon project site.
• Perform general construction labour to include jobsite clean-up and moving of materials by hand.
• Frequently lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling up to 25kg of material and up to 50kg of material with assistance, if requested.
• Frequently walking, stooping, kneeling, reaching and climbing.
• Frequent use of hand tools such as concrete pokers, jumping jacks, compactors, power tools, circular saws, hammers, nails, and bolts.
• Work requires alert individuals with good balance and physical strength.
Job Type: Full-time
