Job Objective:
The Formwork Carpenter is responsible for the construction, erection, installation and repair of structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, wallboard and other materials.
Experience required: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training or at least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications
Job Tasks and Duties:
• Site safety, plant, and power tool safety;
• Study specifications in blueprint, sketches site conditions to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required;
• Concrete formwork, build moulds to retain wet concrete;
• Manual lifting & handling;
• Measure, cut, nail and shape materials such as wood, drywall or fiberglass
• Erect framework;
• Lay building foundations;
• Box up and strip decks, stairs, and columns;
• Assemble and fasten materials to make framework or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue;
• Install structures and move into position;
• Erect scaffolding for assembling of structures;
• Construct bulkheads and assemble partitions;
• Erect & dismantle formwork to suspended slabs, columns, beams & walls
• Construction of the forms including placement of required supports / propping, connection of shutters via z-bars, levelling of wall and induction of pour height;
• Work with and/or remove hazardous material;
• Striking and stacking of shutters;
• Explain and enforce Occupational Health and Safety requirements and other industrial safety matters;
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment;
• Instruct onsite personnel of lesser experience.
The Formwork Carpenter is responsible for the construction, erection, installation and repair of structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, wallboard and other materials.
Experience required: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training or at least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications
Job Tasks and Duties:
• Site safety, plant, and power tool safety;
• Study specifications in blueprint, sketches site conditions to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required;
• Concrete formwork, build moulds to retain wet concrete;
• Manual lifting & handling;
• Measure, cut, nail and shape materials such as wood, drywall or fiberglass
• Erect framework;
• Lay building foundations;
• Box up and strip decks, stairs, and columns;
• Assemble and fasten materials to make framework or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue;
• Install structures and move into position;
• Erect scaffolding for assembling of structures;
• Construct bulkheads and assemble partitions;
• Erect & dismantle formwork to suspended slabs, columns, beams & walls
• Construction of the forms including placement of required supports / propping, connection of shutters via z-bars, levelling of wall and induction of pour height;
• Work with and/or remove hazardous material;
• Striking and stacking of shutters;
• Explain and enforce Occupational Health and Safety requirements and other industrial safety matters;
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment;
• Instruct onsite personnel of lesser experience.
