931 - Mining and construction labourers
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9311 - Mining and quarrying labourers
Description
Mining and quarrying labourers perform routine tasks in mining and quarrying operations.
Tasks include –
(a) assisting miners and quarriers in maintaining machinery, equipment, and mine and quarry installations;
(b) assembling and dismantling mining equipment;
(c) removing tunnel supports from disused workings in mines and quarries;
(d) removing dangerous projections from mine and quarry workings;
(e) removing waste and serviceable materials and equipment from work areas after extraction activities have been completed, and clearing rock and mineral spills;
(f) cleaning machinery, equipment, tools, roadways and haulage tracks;
(g) sorting, loading, unloading, stacking and storing tools, materials and supplies used by other mine workers.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
– Mining labourer
– Quarry labourer
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
– Driller (mining) – 8111
– Miner – 8111
– Mining plant operator – 8111
– Quarrier – 8111
– Driller (oil or gas well) – 8113
– Drilling plant operator – 8113
Alternative titles
ISCO Group
9311
Sources
ESCO
9312 - Civil engineering labourers
Description
Civil engineering labourers perform routine tasks in connection with the building and maintenance of roads, railways, dams and other civil engineering projects.
Tasks include –
(a) digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools;
(b) shovelling and spreading gravel and related materials;
(c) trimming and cutting rocks and concrete and bitumen surfaces using jack-hammers;
(d) loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows and hand trucks;
(e) cleaning work sites and removing obstructions.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
– Construction labourer (civil engineering)
– Earthmoving labourer
– Maintenance labourer (dams)
Alternative titles
ISCO Group
9312
Sources
ESCO
9313 - Building construction labourers
Description
Building construction labourers perform routine tasks in connection with building construction and demolition work.
Tasks include –
(a) cleaning used building bricks and doing other simple work on demolition sites;
(b) mixing, pouring and spreading materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar;
(c) digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools;
(d) spreading sand, soil, gravel and similar materials;
(e) loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows, hods and hand trucks;
(f) cleaning work sites and removing obstructions.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
– Bricklayer’s assistant
– Construction labourer (building work)
– Demolition labourer
– Hod carrier
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
– House builder – 7111
– Bricklayer – 7112
– Building wrecker – 7119
Alternative titles
ISCO Group
9313
Sources
ESCO