WORK PROCESS SCHEDULE
CONSTRUCTION CRAFT LABORER
O*NET-SOC CODE: 47-2061.00 RAPIDS CODE: 0661
Description: Performs any combination of duties involving highway or building construction, environmental restoration, tunnel and shaft construction and demolition projects, utilizing specialized training and knowledge of craft skills and handling of hazardous materials. Clears and prepares sites, right-of-ways, and foundations for cementitious and asphaltic products and structures, using hand and power tools such as shovels, rakes, gas and diesel powered cutting and compacting equipment, so the final site conforms exactly to grade, size, and location specifications in blueprints or plans.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
The following list of general and speciality tasks represent skills required by a Construction Craft Laborer in a high performance industry. In general the skills represent competencies in managing and understanding resources, information, technology, systems, and interpersonal relations. The following general skills should be mastered by all Construction Craft Laborers.
APPROXIMATE HOURS
I GENERAL SKILLS
1600 – 2100
Site/Project Preparation and Maintenance
600 – 800
1. Clearing, bucking, and falling transportation dismantling, and stockpiling of scaffolding and work platforms.
2. Grading and compaction
3. Layout and staking protocols
4. Rigging and signaling for work traditionally performed by construction craft laborers
5. Site preparation, clean-up, and security
Tools, Equipment, and Materials
600 – 800
1. Tool equipment, and material recognition and preparation
2. Hand electric, gas, pneumatic, and power tool/equipment
use and maintenance
3. Tool, equipment, and material storage and security
Safety
400 – 500
1. Confined space safety
2. Flagging, signing, and traffic safety awareness
3. Hazard material recognition
4. Trenching and site excavation
II SPECIFIC SKILLS 2
400 – 3000
Apprentice to gain experience in each of the following specific work groups.
Environmental Remediation
800 – 1000
1. Asbestos Abatement
2. Hazardous Waste Abatement
3. Lead Abatement
4. Petro-Chemical Abatement
5. Radiation Remediation
Building Construction
800 – 1000
1. Concrete (tending, placement, removal)
2. Landscaping
3. Mason/Plasterer Tending
Heavy/Highway Construction
800 – 1000
1. Asphalt
2. Drilling and Blasting
3. Pipe Laying (work traditionally performed by
construction craft laborers)
4. Tunnel and Shaft
RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTLINE
APPROXIMATE HOURS
I CORE CURRICULUM
1. Blue Print Reading
80
2. Craft Orientation
8
3. First Aid/CPR
8
4. General Construction
80
5. Hazard Communication
4
6. OSHA Safety
32
TOTAL HOURS
212
II SPECIFIC SKILLS ELECTIVE CURRICULUM*
1. Asbestos Abatement
32
2. Asphalt
40
3. Concrete
80
4. Craft Supervisor Preparedness
40
5. Hazardous Waste Worker
80
6. Lead Abatement
32
7. Line and Grade
80
8. Mason Tending
80
9. Pipe Laying
80
10. Radiation Remediation
40
11. Underground Storage Tank Removal
32
TOTAL HOURS
616
*The apprentice will complete 220 additional hours or more of related training from these elective courses.
