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PAINTER
Painters paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns.
MASON (BRICK, BLOCK, STONE)
Builds stone structures such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lays walkways, curbstones, or special types of masonry for foundations for vats, tanks, and flooring.
HVAC TECH
Install, service, and repair heating and air conditioning systems in residences and commercial establishments.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT operator
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and surface mining.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECH
Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of asbestos or other hazardous materials. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required.
GLAZIER
Glaziers install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.
ENCLOSURES
May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials; Insulation Workers, Mechanical – Apply insulating materials to pipes or ductwork, or other mechanical systems in order to help control and maintain temperature.
DRYWALL INSTALLER
Applies or mounts acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound.
CRAFT LABORER
Craft laborers perform tasks involving physical labor at building, highway, and heavy construction projects, tunnel and shaft excavations, and demolition sites.
Concrete finishing
Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters: patch voids: use saws to cut expansion joints.
Wind Technician
Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.
Welder
Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, identations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
Truck Driver
Drives a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) and may be required to unload the truck.
Tile & Wood Installer
Apply hard tile, marble, and wood tile to walls, floors and ceilings.
Sheet metal worker
Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings.
Plumber
Assemble, install, and repair pipes, fittings, and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems.
Pipelayer
Lays glazed or unglazed clay, concrete plastic, or cast iron pipe for storm or sanitation.
pipefitter
Lay out, assemble, install, and maintain pipe systems, pipe supports, and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for steam.
Superintendent
Will function as a second level supervisor, has responsibilities over several assistants
Safety & Risk Managment
Conducts Safety, audits, inspections, evaluates, and ensures improvement for job-site safety personnel.
project manager
Responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of a single project or multiple construction projects.
project Engineer
Coordinates materials, change orders, expedites materials on job, prepares monthly estimates, etc.
Estimator
Performs estimating engineering or less complex assignments. The individual is expected to assist in the preparation of larger and more complex estimates.
cad/drafter
Create and store technical drawings electronically so that they can be viewed, printed, or programmed directly.
administrative
Conduct research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions.
Carpet Installer
Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.
Elevator Installer & Repair
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
heavy equipment mechanic
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and surface mining.
ironworker
Ironworkers raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks.
Roofer
Covers the roofs of various structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, and related materials.
landscape architect
Plans and designs land areas for such projects as parks and other recreational facilities; airports; highways; hospitals; schools; land subdivisions; and commercial, industrial and residential sites.
electrician
Lighting, HVAC and a myriad of other activities rely on electrical power to be in place.
carpenter
Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter’s hand tools and power tools.