Construction Worker

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Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Underground
• Noisy
• Dusty

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
• Various locations
• Construction site

Tasks

• Load, unload and transport construction materials
• Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
• Clean and pile salvaged materials
• Perform routine maintenance work
• Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants
• Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
• Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction

Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesﾠ

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Construction specialization

• Industrial, commercial and institutional
• Residential

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel regularly

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast
• paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Hand
• eye co
• ordination
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel
• toed safety boots
• Safety vest

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Team player
• Hardworking

Employment terms options

• Night

Employment terms options

• Day
• Weekend

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous
• owned businesses and organizations

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees