Construction Laborer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• One year of general labor experience.
• Proficient in the use of hand and small power tools.
• Familiarity with construction materials, methods, and tools used in building and infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of machines and tools, including their operation, maintenance, and basic repairs.
• Ability to monitor gauges, dials, or indicators to ensure proper machine function.
• Strong hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity for handling and assembling materials.
• Ability to coordinate multiple limbs for tasks requiring physical precision.
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks, including climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, and material handling.
• Skill in inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify issues or defects.
• Ability to monitor environmental and material cues to detect and assess problems.
• Ability to operate equipment and machinery using physical controls, excluding computers and vehicles.
• Knowledge of relevant tools, procedures, and safety practices to support project completion.
• Ability to occasionally lift, push, or pull 50–100 pounds and frequently handle up to 20 pounds.
• Ability to bend, squat, crouch, crawl, kneel, and stand for prolonged intervals of 2–3 hours.
• Ability to safely climb stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps, and perform tasks at heights above 12 feet from ladders, scaffolds, or lifts.
• Ability to work at varying heights and body positions, maintain balance on uneven surfaces, fully extend arms in all directions, and perform full-body movements.
• Ability to use hands and arms to handle, install, position, and manipulate materials and operate tools and equipment.
• Ability to work safely using required PPE, including hard hats, safety glasses, steel-toe boots, respirators, and harnesses, in accordance with OSHA standards.
• Ability to respond to verbal commands and audible sounds and maintain adequate vision for job duties.
• Ability to perceive object attributes such as size, shape, temperature, and texture using hands and fingers.
• Ability to rotate the head and torso side to side and around the vertical axis.
• Ability to work in extreme hot and cold temperatures, wet or humid conditions, outdoor weather, loud environments, and near moving equipment, airborne particles, fumes, and heights.

Responsibilities

• Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
• Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary structures.
• Load, unload, identify, and distribute building materials, machinery, or tools to appropriate locations.
• Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to lay out areas for construction work.
• Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment, or to heat or move materials such as asphalt.
• Mix, pour, or spread concrete using portable cement mixers.
• Control traffic passing near, in, or around work zones.
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth to grade specifications using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, or rakes.
• Support other skilled trades as needed.
• Assist with demolition and clean up construction debris.