Formwork Carpenter

You set panels to the marked line, fit props and beams under the slab, tie the wall formwork with waler bars and check the plumb and the diagonal before the pour. During the pour you watch the panels for movement and keep the ties tight. Once the concrete has cured you strip the panels, clean and oil them and stack them for the next floor. Work runs 07:00-15:30, the site engineer marks the setting out each morning, and Saturdays are agreed a week ahead.

Trade school for a carpenter or equal practice on site

At least two years on system formwork

Reading a formwork plan and a setting out drawing

Work with a level, a plumb line and a tape

Safe work at height and on a scaffold

Willing to work outdoors through the season

Basic English for panel markings and manuals

Net salary from 723 up to 867 EUR per month

Permanent contract after a paid trial month

Site allowance paid with the salary

Hot meal at the site canteen

Transport from Novi Sad to the site

Paid training on the panel system used here

Helmet, harness, gloves and safety shoes provided

Carpenters who set a floor without a correction take over the formwork crew, and the firm pays for the course on climbing formwork used on taller blocks.

Work is outdoors on the structure, with panels lifted by tower crane and props carried by hand. A helmet, gloves, a harness at open edges and safety shoes are supplied.