Winter Internship Program
Davidson, North Carolina
Employer: Wayne Brothers Companies
Industry:
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
POSITION SUMMARY
To provide internship candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of a position as it relates to job performance in the concrete construction services sub-contracting sector of the industry. The program is designed to extend over a continuous training period of, ideally, no less than 9 weeks. The program is designed to include two major components: field and office.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Field Component
Field Responsibilities
Phase I: Building Laborer Category - responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Phase II: Carpenter Helper Category - responsibilities include but are not limited to:
V. Office Component
This component will last approximately 1 to 5 days, and may cover, but is not limited to: Safety, Engineering, Accounting, Management, and a basic introduction to WBC Commonly Used Software: Viewpoint, Primavera Contractor, Microsoft Outlook, VPN, WBC Network Structure, and AutoCAD.
General Required Skill Set:
VI. Job Requirements (Field and Office Components):
Education and/or Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
Working Conditions
ID21Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Physical Demands
To provide internship candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of a position as it relates to job performance in the concrete construction services sub-contracting sector of the industry. The program is designed to extend over a continuous training period of, ideally, no less than 9 weeks. The program is designed to include two major components: field and office.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Field Component
- Train in the types of work performed by WBC
- Train with technical knowledge and skills in footings, slabs, columns, walls, elevated shored slabs, formwork, setting anchor bolts, concrete placing and finishing, layout, etc.
- Experience and participate with an active role in Teamwork
- Train with Inspections (rebar, post tensioning, formwork, etc.)
- Report any job site and/or WBC employee related safety violations to appropriate supervisory personnel.
- Work as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team
Field Responsibilities
Phase I: Building Laborer Category - responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers to build concrete forms
- Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers with assembling prefabricated (i.e., patented) forms
- Assist carpenter helpers with assembling scaffolding attached to concrete wall forms
- Hold lumber in place for carpenters to nail in form building and/or assembly processes
- Clean wooden, metal, or other concrete forms.
- Help stack and load shoring and braces from dismantled forms.
- Oil metal forms
- Convey materials and tools about the job site
- Dig shallow holes or trenches to support posts, braces, and other structural members of concrete forms using hand tools
- Perform hand excavation of some footings, pads, and turndowns in special situations where equipment cannot reach or be used. (i.e., remove water and mud/silt from footings)
- Assist carpenters and carpenter helpers to build concrete forms
- Prepared for work daily with all PPE: steel toe boots, safety vest, safety glasses, safety gloves - as well as all job specific tools from the job's appropriate tool list.
Phase II: Carpenter Helper Category - responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provides building materials to form carpenters (unless done by laborer)
- Uses hand, small power and power-actuated tools, as well as light power equipment, to measure and cut new/used lumber according to instructions from the form carpenter during the form building process
- Erects appropriate scaffolding using hand tools
- Assists carpenters with constructing and bracing concrete forms
- Place panels and form units in position preparatory to assembling
- Nails expansion joint material to walls or forms
- Edge or wall forms to achieve alignment
- Places and ties re-bar.
- Sets anchor bolts using string lines as per carpenter or foreman's directions/settings
- Rubs and repairs concrete surfaces as directed by carpenter or foreman
- Removes shoring and braces from forms, dismantles, and stacks them for storing/transport
- Operates vibrator during foundation, column and wall pours
- Places and finishes concrete in some of these same concrete pours
- Mixes grout according to directions and grouts baseplates
- Helps to disassemble forms after the concrete has set-up
- Assists form carpenters with their duties as directed
- Always helps to keep work area clean
- Prepared for work daily with all PPE: steel toe boots, safety vest, safety glasses, safety gloves - as well as all job specific tools from the job's appropriate tool list.
V. Office Component
This component will last approximately 1 to 5 days, and may cover, but is not limited to: Safety, Engineering, Accounting, Management, and a basic introduction to WBC Commonly Used Software: Viewpoint, Primavera Contractor, Microsoft Outlook, VPN, WBC Network Structure, and AutoCAD.
General Required Skill Set:
- Communicating with stakeholders (e.g., clients, suppliers, vendors, WBC personnel, etc.)
- Problem solving and decision-making
- Managing Subcontractor and Vendor Relationships
VI. Job Requirements (Field and Office Components):
- Follows all company and job site SAFETY rules.
- Successfully completes all company and job site safety, personal protective equipment, rigging, MSDS, OSHA regulations, and WBC Safety Manual orientations.
- Complies with all company, state, and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines.
- Reports any job site and/or WBC employee related safety violations to appropriate supervisory personnel.
- Works as a safe and productive member of a construction crew/team.
- Follows directions from Equipment Operator / Carpenter Helper / Carpenter / Lead Carpenter / Foreman / Superintendent.
- Participates in any skill training offered, as directed.
- Willing to submit to background check - required
- Perform all assigned roles, responsibilities, and related work processes/tasks in the safest possible manner. Ensure that a safe, accident/incident-free work environment is maintained for all co-workers, customers, clients, suppliers, etc. at all times.
Education and/or Experience
- College or University Rising Junior or above - Preferred
- Field construction experience - preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
- Good attitude and character
- Willing to learn
- Willing to share knowledge
- Willing to stop unsafe work or at-risk behaviors
Working Conditions
- Outdoors - frequently
- Indoors - rarely
- Loud noise - frequently
- Temperatures - seasonal
- Personal Protective Equipment - at all times
- Multi-activity worksites - frequently
- Willing to work long hours as required.
ID21Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Valid Driver's License - preferred
- OSHA 10-Hour Certification - Required; training provided by WBC
Physical Demands
- Lifting and carrying up to 90 pounds
- Frequent lifting, bending, kneeling and reaching
- Walking frequently
- Reaching above shoulder
- Standing for long periods of time
- Climbing ladders, working at heights, wearing/using fall protection harness
- Handling and assembling formwork
- Handling and installing concrete reinforcement materials
- Handling, placing, and finishing of concrete
Created: 2024-08-27
Reference: 328
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
City: Davidson
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