Civil Engineering Labourers

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).