931 Mining and Construction Labourers

Mining and quarrying labourers perform routine tasks in mining and quarrying operations. Tasks include - (a) assisting miners and quarriers in maintaining machinery, equipment, and mine and quarry installations; (b) assembling and dismantling mining equipment; (c) removing tunnel supports from disused workings in mines and quarries; (d) removing dangerous projections from mine and quarry workings; (e) removing waste and serviceable materials and equipment from work areas after extraction activities have been completed, and clearing rock and mineral spills; (f) cleaning machinery, equipment, tools, roadways and haulage tracks; (g) sorting, loading, unloading, stacking and storing tools, materials and supplies used by other mine workers. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Mining labourer - Quarry labourer Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Driller (mining) - 8111 - Miner - 8111 - Mining plant operator - 8111 - Quarrier - 8111 - Driller (oil or gas well) - 8113 - Drilling plant operator - 8113.

Civil engineering labourers perform routine tasks in connection with the building and maintenance of roads, railways, dams and other civil engineering projects. Tasks include - (a) digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools; (b) shovelling and spreading gravel and related materials; (c) trimming and cutting rocks and concrete and bitumen surfaces using jack-hammers; (d) loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows and hand trucks; (e) cleaning work sites and removing obstructions. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Construction labourer (civil engineering) - Earthmoving labourer - Maintenance labourer (dams).

Building construction labourers perform routine tasks in connection with building construction and demolition work. Tasks include - (a) cleaning used building bricks and doing other simple work on demolition sites; (b) mixing, pouring and spreading materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar; (c) digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools; (d) spreading sand, soil, gravel and similar materials; (e) loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows, hods and hand trucks; (f) cleaning work sites and removing obstructions. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Bricklayer’s assistant - Construction labourer (building work) - Demolition labourer - Hod carrier Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - House builder - 7111 - Bricklayer - 7112 - Building wrecker - 7119.