Job Description

Start date: Immediate
End date: 2 years
Permanent/Full time
# of positions: 10
Work location:? Kelowna BC
Hours per week? 40 hours
How to apply: [email protected]
How to apply instructions: Resume and Cover letter
Will you be providing accommodations? No

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Load and unload construction materials, and move materials to work areas
• Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks, shoring and barricades required at construction sites
• Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
• Assist tradespersons such as carpenters, bricklayers, cement finishers, roofers and glaziers in construction activities
• Assist heavy equipment operators to secure special attachments to equipment, signal operators to guide them in moving equipment and provide assistance in other activities
• Assist in aligning pipes and perform related activities during oil and gas pipeline construction
• Assist in drilling and blasting rock at construction sites
• Assist miners in excavating and in setting up and operating various drills and other surface mining machinery
• Level earth to fine grade specifications using rake and shovel
• Assist in demolishing buildings using prying bars and other tools, and sort, clean and pile salvaged materials
• Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites using rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and other equipment
• Operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers as directed
• Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction such as mixers, compressors and pumps
• Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants, and remove asbestos and other hazardous materials
• Oil and grease hoists and similar equipment
• Direct traffic at or near construction sites
• Perform other activities at construction sites, as directed.

Employment Requirements
• Some experience as a general construction labourer may be required for construction trade helpers.
• On-the-job training may be provided.

Required languages: English

Education level: An Asset

Required skills: • Load and unload construction materials, and move materials to work areas • Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks, shoring and barricades required at construction sites • Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt • Assist tradespersons such as carpenters, bricklayers, cement finishers, roofers and glaziers in construction activities • Assist heavy equipment operators to secure special attachments to equipment, signal operators to guide them in moving equipment and provide assistance in other activities • Assist in aligning pipes and perform related activities during oil and gas pipeline construction • Assist in drilling and blasting rock at construction sites • Assist miners in excavating and in setting up and operating various drills and other surface mining machinery • Level earth to fine grade specifications using rake and shovel • Assist in demolishing buildings using prying bars and other tools, and sort, clean and pile salvaged materials • Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites using rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and other equipment • Operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers as directed • Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction such as mixers, compressors and pumps • Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants, and remove asbestos and other hazardous materials • Oil and grease hoists and similar equipment • Direct traffic at or near construction sites • Perform other activities at construction sites, as directed.

Closest intersection: Kelowna