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Carpenter

Employer:	Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Job Location:	Manistique , MI
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Industry Type:	Facility - Building Owners
Job Description:	Constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, conforming to local building codes, by performing the following duties. Duties: 1. Studies blueprints, sketches or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated. 2. Selects specified type of lumber or other materials. Prepares layout, marks cutting and assembly lines on materials. 3. Shapes materials to prescribed measurements. 4. Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue. 5. Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter’s level. All other job related duties as assigned. Qualifications: 1. High School Diploma or GED preferred. Must have two or more year’s experience in related field. 2. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 3. Will be required to undergo and successfully pass a background check. 4. Must maintain a good moral character standing. 5. Will be required to complete and pass pre-employment drug testing. 6. Native American preferred.
Company Description:	Today, the Tribe is a fully recognized Indian community with 29,000 enrolled members living throughout Michigan and the United States. Its sovereign status is recognized by Michigan, the U.S. government, and Canada. The Tribe operates under a Constitution and Bylaws approved in November 1975 by the Secretary of Interior. It is governed by an elected 12-member Board of Directors representing five geographic election units in the eastern Upper Peninsula. The chairman's position is elected at large. Board members serve four-year terms, which are staggered, putting half the Board up for election every two years. The powers of the Tribe's Board of Directors are set forth in the Constitution. They include the power to enact and enforce ordinances to govern Tribal lands, to establish businesses and to expend funds for the betterment of the community. The Tribe's government is headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie, where it administers 50 membership services and directs the operation of 22 businesses. In 1984, the Board of Directors voted to open the Tribe's most successful business — Kewadin Casinos. Kewadin's rapid success provided the funds to expand the Tribe's business holdings from one to five casinos and take ownership of 15 non-gaming businesses. In 1998, these businesses employed nearly 2,500 people, making the Tribe northern Michigan's largest employer. Revenues from the Tribe's casino and non-gaming businesses are spent to better its community. They have purchased lands to increase reservation holdings, finance the construction of new health centers, and pay for added housing. And, they support satellite offices in St. Ignace, Manistique, Escanaba, Munising and Hessel extending membership services throughout the Tribe's seven-county service area of the eastern Upper Peninsula.