construction labourer and helper
Job description
Job Requirements
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Cold / refrigerated
- All weather conditions
Work Setting
- Urban area
- Willing to relocate
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Various locations
- Rural area
- Camp
Tasks
- Load, unload and transport construction materials
- Measure weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
- Perform pre-operational inspection
- Read blueprints to determine work requirements
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
- Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
- Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
- Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Clean and pile salvaged materials
- Perform routine maintenance work
- Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
- Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
- Direct traffic at or near construction sites
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Ensure products and work methods maximize safety, productivity and comfort
Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
- First Aid Certificate
- Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
- Working at heights training
Area of Work Experience
- Equipment safety assessment
- Industrial, commercial and institutional
- Residential
- Roofing
Security and Safety
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own Tools / Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety glasses / goggles
- Gloves
- Safety vest
- Safety equipment / gear
Personal Suitability
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner