Public Works Maintenance Labourers
Job description
These individuals maintain public infrastructure (sidewalks, streets, roads, etc.).
Environment
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Noise
- Vibration
Main tasks
- Clean and maintain municipal sidewalks, streets, roads, and public lands.
- Sweep up garbage and load it into carts or trucks.
- Clear streets, sidewalks, and building lots of snow and load snow into carts or trucks.
- Spread sand or salt on sidewalks to melt snow and ice.
- Load cement into a cement mixer.
- Spread concrete and asphalt.
- Dig ditches and trenches.
- Load and unload material and equipment from trucks.
- Collect money from parking meters.
- Assist with routine maintenance and repair of equipment.
- Help skilled workers such as carpenters, plumbers, and mechanics.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to senior or supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $19.26
- Median
- $25.86
- Maximum
- $35.00
Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
11,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 9.3% Female
- 90.7% Male
Not available.
- 9.3% Female
- 90.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$53,000
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 9177% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 569% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 495% of jobs
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NAICS 234% of jobs
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NAICS 221% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9177% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 569% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 495% of jobs
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NAICS 234% of jobs
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NAICS 221% of jobs
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Others4% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Operations and control
- Coordination
- Equipment maintenance
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Limb coordination
- Near vision
- Oral comprehension
- Response orientation
- Manual dexterity
- Static muscle power
- Verbal skills
- Control accuracy
- Hand-arm stability
- Reaction time
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Digital dexterity
- Core strength
- Information organization
- Colour perception and distinction
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Availability
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- 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.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 7621 (75212)
Public works and maintenance labourers
Job titles
- Maintenance labourer - public works
- Municipal labourer
- Labourer - sanitary service
- Municipal general labourer
- Road maintenance worker
- Helper - garbage collection
- Manual street sweeper
- Labourer crew leader - public works
- Sidewalk snowplow operator
- Sidewalk-cleaning equipment operator
- Line-painting machine operator - highways and roads
- Garbage collector
- Garbage receptacle maintainer
- Sanitation man
- Public works labourer
- General labourer - public works
- Manual sidewalk cleaner
- Manual sewer pipe cleaner
- Sidewalk cleaner
- Casual worker - public works
- Seasonal worker - public works
- Sewer maintenance worker
- Road maintenance worker - public works
- Sewer system maintenance worker
- Playground maintenance man
- Garbage truck loader
- Dumpman
- Parking meter collector
- Highway line painter
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
Last update: December 22, 2022
