Occupation
Occupations perform extremely varied jobs. It is therefore difficult to describe a typical day.
They can in particular:
- Load and unload construction materials and place them in work areas;
- Assemble and dismantle various structures on construction sites (scaffolding, catwalks, etc.);
- Accompany qualified personnel in the execution of the work;
- Direct traffic on the construction site.
The specialized labourer, for his part, can:
- Be assigned to the loading, unloading and handling of bulk cement as well as all work related to the pouring of concrete;
- Demolish buildings and sort, clean and pile recovered materials;
- Operate pneumatic, mechanical or electric hammer drills;
- Scrape bituminous materials for the construction and repair of pavements, smoothers and small rollers weighing less than one ton;
- Operate any heating unit for which a certificate is not required, except electrical and mechanical Betweentien;
- Operate a scale for weighing truck loads;
- Install rigid or semi-rigid insulation;
- Proceed with the caulking;
- Operate a device used to cut asphalt or concrete;
- Install galvanized or concrete pipes;
- Lay water and sewer pipes and their branches;
- Carry out, with the required equipment, any cement or concrete injection process inside an existing formwork, rock or concrete;
- Operate any type of manual compactor that does not require a journeyman competency certificate;
- Apply urethane;
- Operate a mechanical saw;
- Operate a pump whose nominal diameter is less than six inches.
Highlights of this trade
Training
There is no qualification exam to access this job title.
Other options
You can also start working in the construction industry by taking the ASP training course and integrate through the labour pools.
Construction Labour Pools ASP Training