construction helper

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

• Calculate crane capacities
• Load, unload and transport construction materials
• Measure weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
• Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Perform pre-operational inspection
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Clean and lubricate cranes
• Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Instruct apprentices
• Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Assemble tower cranes on site
• Help medical examiner in charge
• Operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
• Assist in aligning pipes during pipeline construction
• Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
• Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
• Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
• Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
• Operate offshore oil rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Operate cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials
• Pave and rake asphalt
• Assist in demolishing buildings
• Clean and pile salvaged materials
• Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
• Perform routine maintenance work
• Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants
• Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
• Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
• Direct traffic at or near construction sites

Experience

• Experience an asset

Green job

• Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 35 to 40 hours per week