What Does a Construction Laborer Do?
Construction craft laborers perform a wide range of non-special trade construction work including semi-skilled and unskilled tasks. Work performed is often physical and manual in nature, such as digging, loading, unloading, lifting, carrying, lugging, tending, stockpiling, sweeping and cleaning. Laborers are employed in all areas of construction, including commercial and residential new building; highway, bridge, tunnel, and shaft construction; large industrial and environmental restoration projects; and various restoration and demolition jobs. In highway and road construction, laborers work to clear and prepare sites for construction; help to check site preparations against blueprint specifications regarding locations and grades; complete finish work after the paving material has been spread; perform necessary site clean-up of debris and waste materials and perform traffic control functions. Construction craft laborers do demolition work on existing buildings and structures and perfor
