Construction helper On-call

• • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

Work site environment

• • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Confined spaces
  • Noisy
  • Dusty

Work setting

• • Willing to relocate
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Room and board provided
  • High-rise building construction sites
  • Construction site

Tasks

• • Load, unload and transport construction materials
  • Read blueprints to determine work requirements
  • Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
  • Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
  • Assist in demolishing buildings
  • Perform routine maintenance work
  • Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
  • Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• • Working at heights training

Equipment and machinery experience

• • Nail guns
  • Drills
  • Forklift
  • Hand tools

Construction specialization

• • Industrial, commercial and institutional
  • Residential
  • Roofing

Transportation/travel information

• • Own transportation
  • Willing to travel
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Willing to travel overnight
  • Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Tight deadlines
  • Manual dexterity
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Overtime required

Weight handling

• • More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Gloves
  • Uniform
  • Ear plugs
  • Safety vest

Personal suitability

• • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Hardworking

Screening questions

• • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Workplace information

• • On the road job

Other benefits

• • Free parking available
  • Variable or compressed work week

Support for newcomers and refugees

• • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

• • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities