What Would I Do?
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Construction Trades Helpers / Labourers carry out a range of practical tasks to help tradespersons on construction sites and in quarries and surface mines. Your duties can change daily and vary according to the type of site you are working on.
Some of your main tasks include:
- load and unload construction materials, and move materials to work areas
- put up and take down concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades at construction sites
- mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
- help tradespersons such as carpenters, bricklayers, cement finishers, roofers and glaziers in construction activities
- help heavy equipment operators secure special attachments to equipment
- guide operators as they move equipment
- assist in lining up pipes and work on other activities during oil and gas pipeline construction
- help with drilling and blasting rock at construction sites
- remove rubble and waste at construction sites