CAREER OVERVIEW:
Construction laborers
perform tasks that are necessary for building roads and houses,
disposing of hazardous waste, tearing structures down, excavating for
subways, environmental restoration, and many other important things.
Many of these jobs require high levels of skill and dexterity and are
often extremely physically strenuous. Laborers are involved in
construction at all stages. In the preliminary phase they prepare sites
by cleaning and leveling them. They might then excavate for the
foundation, build retaining walls, or otherwise get the site ready for
building. They are also involved in handling the building materials,
including transporting, identifying, and allocating. They can also use
or maintain equipment such as cement mixers or they might apply stucco
or grout through a high powered sprayer. Laborers often act as
assistants to other construction professionals like carpenters, masons,
or engineers.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS and
TRAINING:
Most jobs for construction
laborers don’t entail formal training. However, though many workers
start out with little experience or knowledge, employers promote gaining
skills by completing an apprenticeship or training program. Though the
work does not always call for a lot of training, it does require
physical strength and endurance. Workers need to be able to work outside
or in small spaces. A degree of education is also necessary as laborers
need to be able to read and understand instructions, warnings, labels,
and directions.
Equal Employment
Opportunity
NASTOS
Construction Inc., commits its resources and ingenuity to Equal
Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. This is a commitment of
the Board of Directors of NASTOS Construction Inc. This policy entails
opposition to discrimination in any form and a pledge to certain
positive programs designed to monitor and accelerate the process of
Equal Employment Opportunity.
