Builder's Labourer
821111 · Very Heavy Next-day readyDescription
Performs routine tasks in erecting and repairing structures and facilities on building and construction sites and in factories producing prefabricated building components.
Typical work tasks
- Loads and unloads building and construction materials, tools and equipment and transports them around building sites; erects and dismantles temporary structures such as barricades and scaffolding; mixes, pours and spreads materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar; spreads and levels soil, gravel and sand on roads and driveways, trench bottoms and similar locations; assists with assembling and installing piping, valves and fittings; assists with installing fixtures such as toilets, wash basins and sprinkler systems; digs holes and shovels excavated material onto conveyors, wheelbarrows and trucks for removal.
Typical work environment
- Works outdoors for most positions, but can work indoors for significant periods of time, depending upon the nature of the construction project being carried out.
- If outdoors works in all weathers and wears appropriate protective clothing such as gloves, overalls, boots, hard-hats and wet weather clothing.
- Frequently carries out work in dirty, dusty, hot or wet conditions and may also work in confined spaces, trenches or at heights.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Medium to very heavy physical demand
- Constantly stands and walks and generally moves about the worksite as required. Does not usually sit
- Stretching up or across is a frequent requirement for most work of this type.
- Squatting or crouching movements are likely to be performed occasionally as part of work tasks.
- Body or neck twisting is likely to occur on a frequent basis.
- Contact with skin irritants and water may occur given the varied tasks and physical contact with a range of substances and building materials.
- Up to very heavy lifting, carrying and pulling or pushing is likely to be frequent for most builder’s labourers.
- Bending is frequent for positions of this type, especially when lifting is required.
- Climbing of ladders or steps while carrying loads is also likely to be a frequent requirement.
- Repetitive movements are frequent for many tasks such as shovelling, operation of concrete compacting machinery, hammering or using nail, rivet or staple guns.
- Driving of trucks or other machinery on-site may be a component of some positions.
- Use of a wide range of hand tools of a simple, mechanical and electrically driven nature is constant.
- Mental skills necessary include practical and organisational skills.
Entry signal Reviewed
No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.
Entry barrier No formal entry barrier
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 5
Next-day ready Yes
How this was determined (model-generated): Nil entry requirements for a builder's labourer.
Entry Requirements
- Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).
Further Comments
- There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.