Skills & competences

Description

Building construction labourers perform routine tasks in connection with building construction and demolition work.
Tasks include -
(a) cleaning used building bricks and doing other simple work on demolition sites;
(b) mixing, pouring and spreading materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar;
(c) digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools;
(d) spreading sand, soil, gravel and similar materials;
(e) loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows, hods and hand trucks;
(f) cleaning work sites and removing obstructions.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Bricklayer’s assistant
- Construction labourer (building work)
- Demolition labourer
- Hod carrier
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- House builder - 7111
- Bricklayer - 7112
- Building wrecker - 7119