Construction Worker

Your Job

Are you a quick learner who is good at performing a variety of tasks? Can you be ready to work at a different worksite from one day to the next? Do you prioritize the safety of your co-workers and yourself? Well, if you have any of these skills, interests, and abilities in you, then we’d love to talk to you about a great opportunity as a General Laborer.

Your Day

The job responsibilities may include the following:

• Manually moving freight, stock, or other materials.
• Cleaning and preparing a job site as well as loading and delivering materials.
• Using a variety of tools and equipment such as blowtorches, forklifts, levels, lifts, power drills, grinders, saws, pressure washers, and water spraying equipment.
• Setting up and taking down ladders, scaffolding, and other temporary structures.
• Helping carpenters, masons, and other specialized contractors.
• Controlling traffic at road construction sites, setting up markers, cones and barricades as well as flagging vehicles to control traffic flow.
• Working outdoors in all kinds of weather or indoors without heating or air conditioning.
• Safety training and certification for handling dangerous substances, like lead, asbestos, and other chemicals.
• Completing on-the-job training programs, working with a mentor, and learning basic job and safety principles.
• Adhering to safety standards and maintaining safe storage areas.
• Ensuring the machines, equipment, and components receive proper cleaning and maintenance.
• Obtaining required technical knowledge to use various tools or computerized machines.
• Carrying or lifting heavy objects as well as squatting, kneeling, bending, or crawling in awkward positions.

• Have physical strength, hand-eye coordination, endurance, depth perception, and the ability to concentrate on job responsibilities.
• Be continually attentive and mindful of your surroundings to keep yourself and co-workers safe.
• Be able to understand and communicate information. English language is also essential.
• Wear protective equipment/gear as necessary (glove, eyewear, hard-hat, steel-toes, etc.)

Your Gain

What you may gain while on the job:

• Staying active — This job will keep you busy and constantly moving throughout the day.
• Communication skills — provide information and coordinating with supervisors, co-workers, and external partners to carry out job logistics and daily responsibilities.
• Learning opportunity — a chance to pick up a wide variety of useful skills.
• Teaching & mentoring skills — helping train and prepare new employees for the job.
• Rewarding career — opportunities for advancement to supervisory or management roles.