Construction Worker

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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
• 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
• Operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
• Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
• Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
• 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
• Pave and rake asphalt
• 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
• Direct traffic at or near construction sites