Performance indicators:
1. Accepts the building site and relevant documents from the previous contractor and/or client for performing their work. Ensures that all of the necessary documentation exists and has been correctly drawn up.
2. Collects and acquaints themselves with basic data – project documentation, relevant standards, rules and instruction materials.
3. Calculates the cost of materials, taking into account the norms of consumption of materials and the basic data of the site.
4. Chooses and orders the necessary materials. Prepares them for use, bearing in mind quality requirements and ensuring that the materials are protected against the elements and other factors that could damage them.
5. Defines and chooses the correct tools and methods for carrying out the work, taking into account the construction project, the materials to be used and the technology being implemented. Instructs other workers in the working group in using the chosen tools and methods and, where necessary, in following occupational health and safety requirements.
6. Plans the need for machinery and means of transport needed for construction work and orders them, taking into account the work schedule.
7. Plans the workload of construction and assembles the necessary labour force accordingly, taking into account the work schedule. Assigns the necessary orders and tasks. Ensures the optimal implementation of labour. Creates a work plan, considering potential risks and acting according to the choice of materials, tools and methods and the established work schedule.
8. Organises and ensures that the site is prepared for the work segment in question according to requirements: instructs on the storage of materials, ensuring the existence and preservation of the necessary walkways and bearing in mind work environment and occupational safety requirements and those of maintaining and storing materials, and the building site layout. In preparing the work segment, is considerate of others working on the site and considers the site's general rules of work organisation.

Knowledge:
1) legislation regulating construction and guidelines;
2) occupational health and safety requirements;
3) project documentation of construction and technical drawings;
4) basics of calculating materials costs;
5) principles of work organisation;
6) basics of teamwork;
7) principles of storing and maintaining building materials;
8) quality requirements of building materials;
9) tools and correct techniques;
10) workplace ergonomics.

Performance indicators:
1. Assembles previously made mortice and tenons using power and hand tools, taking into account the project documentation and technology and quality requirements.
2. Makes and assembles nail, screw, bolt and pin joints, following project documentation and technology and quality requirements.

Knowledge:
1) wood joints, principles of making and assembling them and principles of how they function;
2) fields of application of wooden joints and their function in construction;
3) tools and equipment used in making wooden joints;
4) steel parts used in wooden joints;
5) quality requirements of wooden joints.

Performance indicators:
1. Makes component parts of wooden structure elements (including wall, roof and floor elements) following product sketches, specifications and quality requirements and using power and hand tools in an industrial environment as well as on site.
2. Assembles wall, roof and floor elements according to the construction project and the instructions provided by the manufacturer while bearing in mind the sequence of assembly and using rational methods and appropriate tools.
3. Constructs the building's wooden frames according to the construction project and the instructions provided by the manufacturer, using rational methods and appropriate tools.
4. Installs thermal and sound insulation and waterproofing materials as well as vapour barriers and windbreaks according to the construction project and the instructions provided by the manufacturer, using rational methods.
5. Installs building boards on the wooden frame according to the construction project and the instructions provided by the manufacturer, using rational methods and appropriate tools.
6. Installs the most common façade materials according to the construction project and the instructions provided by the manufacturer, using rational 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. Taking into account the construction project and quality requirements, installs sleepers using rational methods and appropriate tools.
2. Installs floor boarding, taking into account the instructions provided by the manufacturer and quality requirements.
3. Installs slats according to the installation manual and following quality requirements.

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

Performance indicators:
1. Installs roof underlay, ventilation strips, battens and/or boarding, taking into account the construction project and the instructions provided by the manufacturer.
2. Builds soffits according to the construction project.
3. Installs wooden and wood-based roofing (shingle, bilge, chip and plank roof), taking into account the construction project and the specific technological nature of installing materials.

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

Performance indicators:
1. Makes and installs temporary doors and windows.
2. Installs, fastens and tightens doors and windows, taking into account the construction project, the installation manual provided by the manufacturer and quality requirements.
3. Installs, fastens and tightens door and window elements, taking into account the construction project, the installation manual provided by the manufacturer and quality requirements (e.g. subsills, window reveal boards and slats).

Knowledge:
1) types and properties of thermal insulation and sealing materials and methods of installing them;
2) means, tools and methods of fastening doors and windows.
3) finishing technologies of door and window elements.

Performance indicators:
1. Opens structures under renovation so that their condition can be assessed while ensuring the stability of the structure in accordance with requirements. Assesses whether the situation is in accordance with the design solution for the renovations. If not, notifies their line manager. Creates an action plan with the designer and client.
2. Fixes the rack wall while ensuring the stability of the structural part in accordance with requirements and assumes responsibility for the preservation and safety of the structures.
3. Fixes or, where necessary, replaces the coating in need of renovation (internal and external boarding, flooring and roofing materials, etc.) and assumes responsibility for the preservation and safety of the structures.

Knowledge:
1) project documentation of the building and technical drawings;
2) types of wood and wood joints;
3) general knowledge of construction materials and their qualities;
4) general knowledge of wood damage.
5) basics of assessing whether the renovation project is in accordance with the actual circumstances.

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. Determines and lays down all dimensions and locations needed for construction (except for geodetic work).
2. Supervises the activity of the working group and manages construction work on site, taking into account the technological process. Instructs subcontractors and cooperates with contractors and specialists from other fields working on the site and, where necessary, with third parties.
3. Ensures that construction work is being documented in accordance with valid legislation.
4. Ensures the existence of the necessary guidelines and that they are available to the parties concerned, taking into account the construction project, the work plan and the requirements of technological processes.
5. Performs the assessment, coordination, management and documentation of necessary additional work and modifications.
6. Ensures that occupational health and safety requirements are being met on site, taking into account valid legislation.
7. Ensures the maintenance of the work area. Ensures environmental safety in the work area, taking into account valid legislation.
8. Takes control of emergencies occurring in the work area (occupational accidents, breakdowns, fires, degradation of structures, etc.), responding according to the situation.
9. Verifies the quality of construction work, taking into account the requirements set out in the contract.
10. Organises an inspection of work to be covered (getting competent experts involved, where necessary) and documents this in accordance with valid legislation.
11. Organises activities related to the transfer and acceptance of the work.
12. Ensures the completion of the documentation required for transfer and acceptance activities. Assembles the execution documentation set out in the contract (construction logs, as-built drawings, acts of work to be covered, surveying protocols, pressurisation test reports, etc.).
13. Where necessary, conducts the necessary user training for the managing agent of the structure. Passes on user manuals and maintenance files.
14. Carries out the periodic inspections set out in the contract, formalises acts and plans activities for the warranty period. In the event that construction errors emerge, arranges for their assessment and elimination.

Knowledge:
1) construction terminology;
2) legislation, norms, standards and guidelines pertaining to the profession;
3) best practice in construction;
4) project documentation of the building;
5) requirements for the documenting of work;
6) requirements of occupational and environmental safety in construction;
7) principal construction materials and their qualities;
8) conformity requirements of construction materials and equipment;
9) technological sequence of construction work;
10) principal construction technologies;
11) construction surveying;
12) basics of teamwork;
13) basics of management.

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 own work and that of their team and makes appropriate decisions in their area of responsibility. Performs the obligations they have taken on, assumes responsibility in doing so and accomplishes the set objectives by the deadline. Works independently.
3. Consistently applies what they have learned in everyday life. Analyses their strengths and weaknesses, looks for opportunities for self-improvement and participates in in-service training.
4. 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 and understands the causal link between action and consequence.
5. Explains to team members what their roles are, at the individual level and as a member of the team throughout the work cycle.
6. In the case of changeable circumstances, adjusts their activities as needed.
7. Is open to cooperation, leads the team, delegates responsibility and organises the work of the team members. Resolves ongoing work-related problems.
8. Communicates with third parties and shares and explains relevant information. Acts to achieve the best possible outcome collectively. Knows how to present and defend their views in a well-argued manner.
9. Communicates with people respectfully and courteously and acts in a way that fosters communication. Is capable of dealing with conflict.
10. Uses a computer on a daily basis at the Independent user level in the areas of content creation, problem-solving, information-processing, communication and security (see Annex 2 – Scale of self-assessment in digital competence).
11. uses professional IT tools and solutions and is capable of reading technical drawings created using specific design software.
12. Knowledge of languages: Estonian at the B2 level and one foreign language at the B1 level (see Annex 3 – Language skills level descriptions).

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