Description:
Like getting your hands dirty? Do you enjoy working a wide variety of projects? Laborers may be skilled or unskilled workers with duties as varied as clearing timber and brush, removing demolished materials from a job site, placing and vibrating concrete, landscaping, installing pipe, handling the materials for other trades workers or using explosives to demolish buildings. Laborers are needed on all types of construction projects such as highways, bridges, tunnels, large buildings, sanitation, and residential, and perform work for the duration of the project.
Interest/Qualifications:
Laborer work is performed both indoors and outdoors and may be done on a surface environment, at extreme heights, underground, or above or under water. All laborers must do a considerable amount of lifting, carrying, climbing, kneeling, balancing, and even crawling. Jobs require strength, dexterity, and alertness. Because the work has so many varied conditions, laborers must know the hazards and safety requirements of each job. A laborer must know how to work with his or her hands and with power tools run by gasoline, electricity, and compressed air. Other tools used include pavement breakers, rammers, pumps, compressors, lasers, and vibrators.
Education Options:
Technical School, Community College, Registered Apprenticeship Program, and Industry Training Program