City and County of San Francisco

Under general supervision, performs skilled carpentry work in connection with the maintenance and repair of city structures, installations and facilities; and performs related duties as required.

Requires responsibility for: explaining and carrying out existing methods and Procedures relative to maintenance and repair activities; making occasional contacts with other departmental personnel and outside organizations in connection with carpentry activities; preparing routine records and reports of time worked and materials used.

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Performs carpentry duties in connection with a wide variety of building alterations, maintenance and repair projects and other appurtenant and miscellaneous structures; builds and erects stairs, partitions, barricades, sheds, concrete forms, bleachers, scaffolding, fences and other items.
2. Lays and renews wood/wood composite/laminate: floors, baseboards, and moulding in offices, shops or transit equipment.
3. Repairs desk, tables, chairs, sashes, doors, roofs, stairs and handrails.
4. Installs doors and some related hardware.
5. Operates power driven shop woodworking machinery and equipment.
6. Reads blueprints and work orders and follows other written or verbal instructions on the kind and extent of carpentry work to be done.
7. Plans work program and sequences; assembles lumber and tools needed for an assigned project.
8. May measure and prepare estimates for carpentry repairs.
9. Prepares routine work records.

Knowledge of: Requires good knowledge of: general carpentry work in maintenance and repair projects; the use of carpentry tools, power driven woodworking machinery and equipment.

Ability and Skill to: Requires ability to: read blueprints and work from drawings and sketches; work well with others; keep simple records.

Requires considerable skill in the use of tools and materials of the trade.

These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification.  Please note, additional qualifications (i.e., special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

Education:

Completion of a four year recognized carpenter apprenticeship program; AND

Experience:

Three years of experience as a journey-level carpenter (experience, as a carpenter's helper is NOT qualifying).

License and Certification:

Possession of a valid California driver license.

Substitution:

Additional qualifying journey-level carpenter experience may be substituted for the required carpentry apprenticeship program on a year-for-year basis.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

ORIGINATION DATE: 7/1/77

AMENDED DATE: 1/13/16

REASON FOR AMENDMENT: To accurately reflect the current tasks, knowledge, skills and abilities defined in the most recent job analysis conducted for this job code.

BUSINESS UNIT(S): COMMN SFMTA SFCCD SFUSD

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