According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Use computers or other input devices to control robotic pipe cutters or cleaners. | 91% |
| Perform construction laborer duties at green building sites, such as renewable energy plants or wind turbine installations. | 87% |
| Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment or to heat or move materials, such as asphalt. | 86% |
| Lubricate, clean, or repair machinery, equipment, or tools. | 84% |
| Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials. | 84% |
| Position, join, align, or seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections or pipes. | 80% |
| Perform site activities required of green certified construction practices, such as implementing waste management procedures, identifying materials for reuse, or installing erosion or sedimentation control mechanisms. | 80% |
| Control traffic passing near, in, or around work zones. | 79% |
| Install sewer, water, or storm drain pipes, using pipe-laying machinery or laser guidance equipment. | 78% |
| Operate or maintain air monitoring or other sampling devices in confined or hazardous environments. | 78% |
| Smooth or finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools. | 78% |
| Read plans, instructions, or specifications to determine work activities. | 78% |
| Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to layout areas where construction work will be performed. | 77% |
| Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary structures. | 77% |
| Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, or rakes. | 77% |
| Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards. | 77% |
| Load, unload, or identify building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications. | 76% |
| Provide assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters, plasterers, or masons. | 74% |
| Perform building weatherization tasks, such as repairing windows, adding insulation, or applying weather-stripping materials. | 74% |
| Apply weather-stripping to reduce energy loss. | 69% |
| Spray materials, such as water, sand, steam, vinyl, paint, or stucco, through hoses to clean, coat, or seal surfaces. | 69% |
| Raze buildings or salvage useful materials. | 69% |
| Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions, or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection. | 68% |
| Position or dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts. | 65% |
| Grind, scrape, sand, or polish surfaces, such as concrete, marble, terrazzo, or wood flooring, using abrasive tools or machines. | 63% |
| Place, consolidate, or protect case-in-place concrete or masonry structures. | 63% |
| Mix ingredients to create compounds for covering or cleaning surfaces. | 61% |
| Mix, pour, or spread concrete, using portable cement mixers. | 59% |
| Operate jackhammers or drills to break up concrete or pavement. | 59% |
| Apply caulking compounds by hand or caulking guns to protect against entry of water or air. | 55% |
| Tend machines that pump concrete, grout, cement, sand, plaster, or stucco through spray guns for application to ceilings or walls. | 54% |
| Identify, pack, or transport hazardous or radioactive materials. | 48% |
