"TIMBER FRAMER"
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Job Description:
- 1) Cuts, fits, installs, and repairs supporting timbers and other framework in underground mine, using carpentry tools: Measures and cuts timbers for roof supports and framing, such as ladders, chutes, walls, and ventilation doors, using handsaw or power saw, square, and rule.
- 2) Sets roof timbers and inserts wedges to hold them in place.
- 3) Erects cribbing to increase support or control ventilation.
- 4) Mortises joints with saw, chisel, or adz, and bores boltholes with brace and bit or power drill.
- 5) Installs braces to repair or shore up loose timbering, using hammer and spikes.
- 6) May set and wedge props in place as temporary support for roof or working face.
- 7) May cut timbers to size and load them onto cars for haulage to mine.
- 8) May build wooden forms, and mix and pour concrete supports.
- 9) May set and bolt together steel roof supports and insert wedges to hold supports in place.
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Job Number: 11212