Skills & competences

Description

Civil engineering labourers perform routine tasks in connection with the building and maintenance of roads, railways, dams and other civil engineering projects.
Tasks include -
(a) digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools;
(b) shovelling and spreading gravel and related materials;
(c) trimming and cutting rocks and concrete and bitumen surfaces using jack-hammers;
(d) loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows and hand trucks;
(e) cleaning work sites and removing obstructions.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Construction labourer (civil engineering)
- Earthmoving labourer
- Maintenance labourer (dams)