Elementary Construction Occupations

Daily Tasks

• Helps diver into and out of diving suit, maintains communication with submerged diver and checks equipment and time spent under water.
• Operates, cleans and lubricates valves and sluices, removes weeds, dead animals and other debris from waterways and carries out minor repairs to banks and footbridges.
• Maintains land drainage systems and prepares graves for burial.
• Measures and fixes timber and other structures to support excavations, cables or other rail, signal and telecoms equipment.
• Heats and breaks up blocks of asphalt, bitumen or tar, stirs melting mixture, adds aggregate if required, pours mixture into buckets.
• Covers ceilings, floors, walls and exposed surfaces of boilers, pipes and plant with insulating material.
• Performs general labouring tasks such as loading and delivering materials and equipment, removing wall coverings, and preparing surfaces by cleaning, sanding, filling, etc..
• Cleans equipment and tools, clears work area and otherwise assists building and woodworking trades workers as directed.
• Mixes mortar, grouting material, cement screed, and plaster, prepares adhesive, primer and paints and similar construction material, and undertakes basic decorating, painting, plumbing and other maintenance and repair tasks.
• Assists with the erection of ladders, scaffolding and work platforms, the rigging of cradles of hoisting equipment and the attaching of slings, hooks and guide ropes.
• Conveys blocks, bricks, stone, mortar, roofing, felt, slates, wood and other building materials to the work area.

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