Job Description:

• 1) Installs and repairs woodwork, such as flooring, wall linings, sidings, posts, sills, and window sashes, in railcars, including freight cars and cabooses: Inspects interior of railcar to detect broken, damaged, or cracked woodwork.

• 2) Estimates amount and kind of lumber required for repairs or installation.

• 3) Measures and cuts required lumber and plywood materials to specified size, using ruler and handsaw or power saw.

• 4) Repairs or replaces defective woodwork, using handtools.

• 5) Installs tongued-and-grooved or plywood flooring and wall linings, using pneumatic squeezing, nailing, and stapling devices.

• 6) Replaces broken door and window glass.

• 7) May install aisle runners, rafters, and roof canvas to flooring and roofs of streetcars or cable cars and be designated Carpenter, Streetcar.