Job Description

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Skills and Abilities

Work site environment
 - Outdoors
 - Underground
 - Noisy
 - Dusty
Work setting
 - Willing to relocate
 - Various locations
 - Construction site
Tasks
 - Load, unload and transport construction materials
 - Measure weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
 - Perform pre-operational inspection
 - Read blueprints to determine work requirements
 - Clean and lubricate cranes
 - Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
 - Instruct apprentices
 - Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
 - Assist in aligning pipes during pipeline construction
 - Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
 - Level earth to fine grade specifications
 - Pave and rake asphalt
 - Assist in demolishing buildings
 - 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
 - Direct traffic at or near construction sites
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
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 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

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