Performance indicators:
1. Chooses and prepares the materials necessary for fulfilling their specific tasks. Stores them, thereby ensuring that the materials are protected against the elements and other factors that could damage them.
2. Chooses and prepares the tools necessary for fulfilling their specific tasks and ensures that they are in working order and safe to use.
3. Prepares their immediate work space. Stores the necessary materials, bearing in mind work environment and occupational safety requirements and those of maintaining and storing materials, and taking into account the task given (building site layout). Removes trash, items that do not belong in their immediate work space, etc.

Knowledge:
1) occupational health and safety requirements;
2) principles of storing and maintaining building materials;
3) quality requirements of building materials;
4) tools and correct techniques;
5) workplace ergonomics.

Performance indicators:
1. Assembles previously made mortice and tenons using power tools and hand tools. Is guided in their work by the construction project, the designated technologies and quality requirements.
2. Assembles nail, screw, bolt and pin joints, being guided by project documentation, the requirements of technology and quality and the instructional materials provided by the manufacturer.

Knowledge:
1) wooden joints and technologies used for their assembly;
2) fields of application of wooden joints and their function in construction;
3) steel parts used in wooden joints;
4) quality requirements of wooden joints.

Performance indicators:
1. Makes component parts of wooden frame elements (including wall, roof and floor elements) in an industrial environment as well as on site based on the given task. Uses appropriate power tools and hand tools and follows quality requirements.
2. Assembles wall, roof and floor elements based on the given task, using rational work methods and appropriate tools. If necessary, consults the foreman or a more experienced colleague.
3. Constructs wooden frames of buildings based on the given task, using rational work methods and appropriate tools. If necessary, consults the foreman or a more experienced colleague.
4. Installs thermal and sound insulation and waterproofing materials as well as vapour barriers and windbreaks based on the given task, following all quality requirements and using rational work methods.
5. Installs building boards on the frame based on the given task, bearing in mind quality requirements and using rational work methods.
6. Installs the most common façade materials based on the given task, using rational work methods and appropriate tools.

Knowledge:
1) occupational health and safety requirements;
2) workplace ergonomics;
3) ability to read technical plans;
4) principles of building and assembling wooden rack walls;
5) insulation materials, including materials for thermal and sound insulation, vapour barriers and windbreaks, and methods of installing them;
6) basics of installing plating and lining boarding;
7) façade materials and installation methods;
8) fastening materials and equipment.

Performance indicators:
1. Prepares materials for installing sleepers and participates in the installation of sleepers, fulfilling given tasks.
2. Prepares materials for installing boarding and participates in the installation of boarding, fulfilling given tasks.

Knowledge:
1) Qualities of wood;
2) Methods of installing boarding.

Performance indicators:
1. Installs roof underlay, ventilation strips, battens and/or boarding based on the given task, bearing in mind quality requirements.
2. Builds soffits based on the given task.

Knowledge:
1) roof structures;
2) wood-based roofing materials and technologies of installation.

Performance indicators:
1. Makes and installs temporary doors and windows based on the given task.
2. Installs, fastens and tightens windows and doors under supervision in accordance with quality requirements and the installation instructions provided by the manufacturer.

Knowledge:
1) methods of installing thermal insulation and sealing materials;
2) means, tools and methods of fastening doors and windows.

Performance indicators:
1. Hooks the necessary materials with lifting slings and guides the work of the crane operator using hand signals, thereby following occupational safety requirements. Stores materials in the designated place.
2. Operates the unmanned lifting device upon storing and moving materials, thereby following instructions and occupational safety requirements.

Knowledge:
1) load gripper machines;
2) specific nature of carrying out lifting operations depending on the lifting device;
3) safety requirements of sling work;
4) hand signals used in sling work.

Performance indicators:
1. Installs and affixes log parts and sealing materials based on the given task, bearing in mind the specific nature of log buildings (settling, drying, etc.) and following the design project or installation instructions.
2. Assembles previously made conductor joints of logs based on the given task, following the installation manual and design project and ensuring wind resistance, heat retention and rigidity in splices.
3. Prepares materials for stiffening walls and installing parts that enable the tightening and settling of the structure and takes part in installation, fulfilling the responsibilities assigned to them.
4. Participates in installation and fastening work, fulfilling the responsibilities assigned to them.
5. Makes component parts of additional frames based on the given task and attaches them to the log structure, using appropriate fasteners and work methods.
6. Installs, fastens and tightens windows and doors under supervision in accordance with quality requirements and the installation instructions provided by the manufacturer, taking into account shrinkage of the log wall.

Knowledge:
1) properties of log materials
2) properties, types and methods of installing thermal insulation and sealing materials
3) technical sketches and reading them
4) methods of packing logs in an economic manner and avoiding damage during transport
5) types and methods of installing and attaching the additional frame being installed on a log wall
6) fasteners of log structures

Performance indicators:
1. Considers ethical beliefs and values important and observes valid legislation, best practice in construction, the standards for log houses of the Estonian Woodhouse Association and other applicable quality requirements in their work.
2. Plans their work, makes relevant decisions in their area of responsibility and assumes responsibility for their work. In the event that they lack knowledge or skills, consults a more experienced colleague or their line manager.
3. Adheres to agreements, times and deadlines.
4. Consistently applies what they have learned in everyday life, looks for opportunities for self-improvement and participates in in-service training.
5. Seeks feedback about their work, analyses it, takes a constructive approach to criticism and draws conclusions from it. Learns from their own mistakes and from those of others.
6. Understands their role in the team and the importance of the area of work in the context of the construction project as a whole. Demonstrates an understanding of how a problem is part of a larger system. In the case of changeable circumstances, consults their line manager and adjusts their activities according to the instructions they are given.
7. Is open to cooperation, takes part in teamwork and acts to achieve the best possible outcome collectively. Has the desire, skill and courage to express and defend their point of view.
8. Communicates with people respectfully and courteously and acts in a way that fosters communication. Is capable of dealing with conflict.

Assessment method(s):
This competence can be assessed as part of the assessment of the other competences listed in the occupational qualification standard.