Overview
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.
Day-to-day
- 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.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
- Requires driving
- Working outdoors
To become a Builder's Labourer
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You can work as a Builder's Labourer without formal qualifications, however, they may be useful. Some workers have a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification.
Skills employers are looking for
