Roofer Helper

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Construction site

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Load, unload and transport construction materials
• Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Instruct apprentices
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Assemble tower cranes on site
• Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
• Operate cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials
• Assist in demolishing buildings
• Clean and pile salvaged materials
• Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
• Perform routine maintenance work
• Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
• Read and interpret blueprints

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Team player
• Hardworking