Woodcrafter

This position is in Facilities Management Division (AFM-MT), Maintenance Department, Carpenter shop of the National Gallery of Art. This position is responsible for making and repairing high-grade wood and non-wood items throughout the facilities, to include fine furniture and cabinetwork. In this position you will: Utilize knowledge of a wide variety of wood and non-wood items with intricate, interlocking parts that fit and join precisely. Must be skilled in the use of accepted carpentry and woodworking trade methods and techniques and must have a working knowledge of shop mathematics to plan and compute complex and exacting projects. Be responsible for cutting, machining, forming, cementing, cleaning, polishing, removing scratches, finishing, and annealing acrylic in various thicknesses and sizes to achieve final product. Exercise ability to solve special problems of installations as well as structural and security problems concerning works of art and the historical building componen