Scaffold builder at Wood, Houston, TX

Scaffold builder at Wood in Houston, TX. Est. up to $60k. Apply with swipeandhired.

• The scaffold journeyman builds, positions, and dismantles scaffold structures from wood, steel frames and steel poles according to sketches, blueprints, manufactures instructions and or company standards.

• Will work with civil crew when not performing scaffold duties.

• A valid drivers license is required to operate any motorized vehilcle on the client's property.

• Examines, selects and gathers materials and tools

• Examines blue prints and specifications to determine dimensions of structure

• Inspect base surface for obstructions

• Loads, transports and unloads material

• Measures boards, timbers, or plywood, using square, measuring tape, and ruler, and marks cutting lines on materials using pencil and scriber

• Saws boards and plywood panels to required sizes

• Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bars

• Assembles scaffold containing handrails, mid rails, braces, planks and toe boards

• Use effective verbal and written communication skills

• Be capable of listening and communicating with other supervision and employees

• Be motivated and work safely and productively

• Understand and respond accordingly to all safety alerts, warnings, hazards, etc.

• Additional duties as required.

• 2-3 years of Journeyman experience in craft

• The employee must be able to use standard and/or metric rule to measure

• Demonstrate ability to use whole numbers, fractions and decimals to add, subtract, multiply and divide and be able to accurately follow instructions

• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

• Ability to calculate the amount of material needed to erect a specfic scaffold fromt he instructions given

• Ability to figure materials for several different designs of scaffold

• Ability to read measuring tapes, and to understand the use of levels

• Ability to read and understand methods and procedurers that re present on drawings, layout work, and just specification

• Work in a safe and productive manner

• Be able to work at heights without fear