Construction Worker

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Skills and Abilities

Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Underground
- Noisy
- Dusty
Work setting
- Willing to relocate
- Various locations
- Construction site
Tasks
- Load, unload and transport construction materials
- Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
- Clean and pile salvaged materials
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesﾠ
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Construction specialization
- Industrial, commercial and institutional
- Residential
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel regularly
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
Employment terms options
- Night
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees