// Unit group · 9312

Civil Engineering Labourers

Civil engineering labourers perform routine tasks in connection with the building and maintenance of roads, railways, dams and other civil engineering projects.

9 Elementary Occupations / 93 Labourers in Mining, Construction, Manufacturing and Transport / 931 Mining and Construction Labourers / All level 4

// Working conditions

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation

digging and filling holes and trenches using hand held tools

shovelling and spreading gravel and related materials

trimming and cutting rocks and concrete and bitumen surfaces using jack-hammers

loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows and hand trucks

cleaning worksites and removing obstructions.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Construction labourer (civil engineering)
- Earthmoving labourer
- Maintenance labourer (dams)

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