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Builder's Labourers

Builder's Labourers perform routine tasks in erecting and repairing structures and facilities on building and construction sites and in factories producing prefabricated building components.

What the job involves

  • Loads and unloads building and construction materials, tools and equipment and transports them around building sites

  • Erects and dismantles temporary structures such as barricades and scaffolding

  • Mixes, pours and spreads materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar

  • Spreads and levels soil, gravel and sand on roads and driveways, trench bottoms and similar locations

  • Assists with assembling and installing piping, valves and fittings

  • Assists with installing fixtures such as toilets, wash basins and sprinkler systems

  • Digs holes and shovels excavated material onto conveyors, wheelbarrows and trucks for removal