Posted 29 days ago
Form carpenter
@ Elite Formwork
Kelowna, British Columbia
Overview
Elite Formwork is hiring a full-time form carpenter for on-site work at high-rise and commercial construction sites. The role builds foundations, floor beams, walls and roof systems, and erects and dismantles concrete forms, scaffolding and shoring. The posting requires one to two years of experience, a high school certificate or equivalent, and offers health, dental, life insurance, RRSP and DPSP benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare layouts to building codes using measuring tools
- Measure, cut, shape and assemble wood and lightweight steel
- Build foundations, floor beams, subfloors, walls and roof systems
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding and shoring
Requirements summary:
- One to two years of experience
- High school certificate or equivalent experience
- Use of hand and power tools
- Ability to handle heavy loads and work at heights
- Own tools, steel-toed boots and hard hat
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-15
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-14
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Construction trades |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none |
| Work setting | Construction site |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer none |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | Newcomers to Canada, Students & youth, Veterans, Indigenous peoples, Older workers, Racialized people |
| Education | High school (required) |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan, Performance bonus |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Elite Formwork
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 3 |
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- At heights
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- Construction
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- High-rise building construction sites
Tasks
- Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes, using measuring tools
- Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems
- Utilize hand and power tools
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Dependability
- Hardworking
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
- Other benefits
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
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