Construction Laborers and Helpers

Construction Laborers and Helpers typically perform the following tasks: • Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment or to heat or move materials, such as asphalt. • Lubricate, clean, or repair machinery, equipment, or tools. • Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials. • Read plans, instructions, or specifications to determine work activities. • Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to layout areas where construction work will be performed. • Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards. • Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, or rakes. • Load, unload, or identify building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications. • Position, join, align, or seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections or pipes. • Perform site activities required of green certified construction practices, such as implementing waste management procedures, identifying materials for reuse, or installing erosion or sedimentation control mechanisms. • Control traffic passing near, in, or around work zones. • Install sewer, water, or storm drain pipes, using pipe-laying machinery or laser guidance equipment. • Operate or maintain air monitoring or other sampling devices in confined or hazardous environments. • Smooth or finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools. • Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary structures. • Provide assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters, plasterers, or masons. • Spray materials, such as water, sand, steam, vinyl, paint, or stucco, through hoses to clean, coat, or seal surfaces. • Raze buildings or salvage useful materials. • Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions, or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection. • Position or dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts.