Construction Helpers and Labourers
Job description
These individuals work as labourers on construction sites, in quarries, and in mines. They are employed by construction companies, quarries, and mines.
Environment
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
- Hazardous workplaces
- Noise
- Falling objects
- Vibration
Main tasks
- Load and unload construction materials and place them in work areas.
- Erect and dismantle various structures on construction sites (concrete forms, scaffolding, walkways, etc.).
- Mix, pour, and spread materials (concrete, asphalt, etc.).
- Operate equipment (hammers, vibrators, pneumatic drumsticks, etc.) as directed.
- Assist qualified personnel in the execution of their work.
- Assist in aligning pipes during the construction of oil or gas pipelines.
- Assist in drilling and rock mining on construction sites.
- Level the ground to the specified slope.
- Help demolish buildings and sort, clean, and stack recovered materials.
- Direct traffic on (or near) the construction site.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility among workers in this group.
- Skilled Labourers obtain a Red Seal endorsement upon successful completion of the Interprovincial Examination.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $20.00
- Median
- $30.00
- Maximum
- $37.15
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
35,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 7.2% Female
- 92.8% Male
Not available.
- 7.2% Female
- 92.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$46,800
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 2379% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 493% of jobs
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NAICS 3212% of jobs
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NAICS 211% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 2379% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 493% of jobs
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NAICS 3212% of jobs
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NAICS 211% of jobs
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Others12% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Also required
- Certificate of competence for work covered by Act R-20 (Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and manpower management in the construction industry).
- Labour shortage entry mechanism to obtain an Occupational Skills Certificate for the construction sector.
Sometimes required
- Experience as a construction labourer is sometimes required.
- Aqueduct labourer certification may be required.
- A Class 1, 2, or 3 driver's licence may be required.
Pipeline Mandrel Operator and Preheater Tenders
- Experience of one season in the construction of gas and oil pipelines is usually required.
Flagger
- A certificate in traffic control is sometimes required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Installation
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Quality control analysis
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Monitoring operations
- Troubleshooting
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Equipment maintenance
- Service oriented
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Information organization
- Colour perception and distinction
- Processing flexibility
- Hand-arm stability
- Digital dexterity
- Distance vision
- Visualization
- Classification
- Manual dexterity
- Written expression
- Core strength
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 75110
Construction trades helpers and labourers
Job titles
- Construction labourer
- Construction craft labourer
- Construction worker
- Construction helper
- Trades helper - construction
- Spray truck helper
- Road spray truck helper
- Fitter helper - construction
- Waterproofer helper
- Brickmason's helper
- Bricklayer helper
- Firebrick layer helper
- Insulator helper
- Tile layer helper
- Floor layer's helper
- Carpenter helper
- Maintenance carpenter helper
- Renovation carpenter helper
- Cement finisher helper
- Paperhanger helper - construction
- Concrete paver operator helper
- Road mixer operator helper
- Dragline operator helper
- Power shovel operator helper
- Pile driver operator helper - crane operation
- Tank builder helper
- Metal roofer helper - construction
- Roofer helper
- Asphalt roofer helper
- Cabinetmaker's helper
- Construction electrician helper
- Tinsmith helper - construction
- Concrete finisher helper
- Interior finisher helper
- Terrazzo finisher helper
- Driller helper - surface mining
- Diamond driller helper - surface mining
- Water well driller helper
- Concrete former helper
- Dampproofer helper
- Foundation dampproofer helper
- Awning installer helper
- Oil burner installer helper
- Drywall and acoustical board installer helper
- Floor coverer helper
- Access floor installer helper
- Lightning rod erector helper
- Vanity and kitchen cupboard installer helper
- Sider helper
- Industrial chimney repairer-mason helper
- Mason's helper
- Marble setter helper
- Floorcovering mechanic helper
- Joiner helper - construction
- Rigger's helper - construction
- Metal scaffold erector helper
- Steel erector helper
- Framer helper - construction
- Ironworker helper
- Steel forms setter helper
- Steam fitter's helper - construction
- Ornamental iron erector helper
- Interior and exterior wall erector helper
- Ornamental metal worker helper
- Plate fitter helper - construction
- Structural plate fitter helper - construction
- Foundation drill operator helper
- Concrete mixer helper
- Highway concrete mixer operator helper
- Churn drill operator helper - water well
- Tunnelling machine operator helper - construction
- Horizontal earth-boring machine helper
- Air track drill operator helper
- Mole operator helper - construction
- Terrazzo mechanic helper
- Carpet mechanics helper
- Pile-driving lead placer helper
- Glass worker helper - construction
- Painter helper - construction
- Building painter helper
- Pavement line painter helper
- Painter and decorator helper
- Plasterer helper
- Plumber helper
- Terrazzo polisher helper
- Floor sander and finisher helper
- Hoseman/woman insulation helper
- Carpet layer helper
- Metal trim erector helper
- Exterior cladder helper
- Floorcovering installer helper
- Sheather helper
- Terrazzo layer helper
- Glass setter helper
- Rotary driller helper - water well
- Welder-fitter helper - construction
- Pipeline welder helper
- Insulation blower helper
- Sheet metal worker helper - construction
- Construction trades helper
- Pipefitter helper - construction
- Glazier helper
- Waterproofer - construction
- Concrete waterproofer - construction
- Foundation waterproofer - construction
- Guniter - construction
- Asphalt cold patcher
- Asphalt spreader
- Highway maintenance worker
- Pile driving chainman/woman
- Crane hooker
- Cement gun nozzle operator
- Foundation form worker
- Bill poster
- Bituminous paving machine operator
- Dope machine operator - pipelines
- Jackhammer operator - construction
- Vibrator roller operator
- Manual curb builder
- Concrete pourer - construction
- Concrete block pourer
- Concrete float pourer
- Sewer digger
- Ditch cleaner - construction
- Grade tamper - construction
- Concrete breaker
- Building wrecker
- Building and house wrecker
- Form remover - construction
- Pipe doper - construction
- Asbestos remover
- Paper latcher - construction
- Blacktop spreader
- Post hole driller
- Gas line fuser
- Smelter liner
- Rigger - construction
- Door frame installer
- Pipeline-liner installer
- Water pipe installer
- Masonry pointer and caulker
- Caulker - construction
- Grouter
- Precast concrete caulker
- Window caulker
- Pipeline caulker
- Shore dredging labourer
- Demolition worker
- Crane chaser
- Concrete paving labourer
- Bituminous paving labourer
- Paving operations labourer
- Underground labourer - construction
- Asphalt plant labourer - construction
- Quarry labourer
- Pit bottom worker
- Pipeline labourer
- Deck worker
- Excavation labourer
- Clamper - construction
- Measurer
- Terrazzo machine grinder
- Rigger (except shipbuilding and aircraft assembly)
- Scaffold erector
- Metal form setter - construction
- Monument erector
- Highway sign erector
- Tombstone erector
- Brick cleaner
- Concrete spreader operator
- Air tool operator
- Cement mixer operator - construction
- Tamper operator
- Pipe-cleaning and covering machine operator
- Concrete gun operator
- Cement gun operator
- Bending machine operator - pipelines
- Vibratory compactor operator
- Air gun operator
- Grout machine operator
- Pipeline mandrel operator
- Air hammer operator - construction
- Air breaker operator
- Pneumatic drill operator - construction
- Manual concrete vibrator operator
- Concrete pump operator
- Mud jack operator
- Cement pump operator
- Grout pump operator
- Insulation blower operator
- Asphalt worker - road
- Bridge gang worker - construction
- Spreader box tender
- Manual stone spreader operator
- Steel form setting worker
- Slip form curb machine tender
- Power curber tender
- Cement and concrete pump tender
- Asbestos worker - construction
- Preheater tender - pipelines
- Air lock tender
- Pile driving ground worker
- Nozzle worker - pile driving
- Dredge worker
- Pipeline worker - construction
- Pavement line painter
- Skid setter
- Manual terrazzo grinder
- Drywall sander
- Wallboard sander
- Rip-rap placer
- Road form setter
- Gas pipelayer - construction
- Wire mesh setter
- Reinforcing wire mesh worker
- Insulation hoseman/woman
- Monument setter
- Tombstone setter
- Stabber - pipeline construction
- Batterboard setter
- Seat installer - construction
- Pipelayer - construction
- Pipelayer - irrigation
- Pipelayer - drainage systems
- Sewage pipelayer
- Asbestos fibre preparer
- Pipe aligner - pipeline construction
- Spacer - pipeline construction
- Quarry dump attendant
- Asphalt mixer
- Gunite mixer - construction
- Asphalt raker
- Blacktop raker
- Cupola spray reliner
- Flagperson
- Insulation blower
- Digger - construction
- Seam caulker - construction
- Pavement striper
- Excavation worker
- General construction labourer
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
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