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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE FREE PRESS
A CAREER for YOU in HEAVY CONSTRUCTION Construction starts with shovels in the ground, and that can’t happen without well-trained, skilled workers.
DIRECTIONAL DRILL AND LOCATOR OPERATOR A directional drill operator sets up and completes drilling variable-sized, underground holes and pulls back required conduit. They may be required to operate machinery to drill wells at multiple angles: • Accurately reads and interprets project plans, diagrams and locates • Safe set up of equipment including drill and water truck • Operating horizontal directional drills • Operates the locator to assist directional drill operator • Confirming with locator bore path to drill • Safe set up of equipment including drill and water truck • Maintaining records for accurate daily drilling activities Salary range: $25.00 – $36.00; average annual 1,800 hours including overtime: $45,000 - $64,800 PIPELAYER A pipelayer is a skilled occupation for assembling/connecting pipes water main, sewer and drain pipes. They understand the proper alignment and grades of pipe installations and ensure trenches are excavated to proper line and grade: • Understand the existing utility locates in and around your work area prior to excavating • Install piping, fittings, valves, catch basins and manholes using tools, such as transit levels, grade rods and levels • Connect multiple pipes by butting method for PVC pipe and/or fusing method for HDPE pipe • Assure proper backfilling materials and processes • Drill holes into a property’s pipeline to install auxiliary cables and other devices into the system • Operate pickup trucks and rollers to transport materials from the worksite Salary range: $17.97 - $35.62 per hour; average annual 2,500 hours including overtime: $44,925 - $89,050
CONCRETE FINISHER A concrete finisher is a skilled occupation that places, finishes and protects poured concrete, and repairs concrete in engineering and construction projects. This includes setting the concrete forms, ensuring the correct depth and pitch: • Prepare the subgrade by levelling and packing prior to concrete work • Backhoe loaders, excavators, crawler dozers, bulldozers, rubber-tired loaders, articulated rock trucks compaction equipment and graders to excavate, move, load and grade earth, rock, gravel or other materials during construction and related activities • Bulldozers or other heavy equipment to clear brush and stumps prior to logging activities and to build roads at logging and surface mining sites • Paving and surfacing equipment to lay, spread or compact concrete, asphalt and other surface materials during highway and road construction • Power shovels to excavate rock, ore or other materials from quarries or construction pit • Articulated rock trucks to transport materials in off-road conditions Salary range: $20.43 – $39.90 per hour; average annual 2,500 hours including overtime: $51,075 - $99,750 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Heavy equipment operators are trained to operate equipment for construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, sewer and water installations: Operate heavy equipment such as: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION WORKER Skilled construction workers are trained to perform a wide variety of manual labour. Responsibilities include: • Working with specialized crew members, such as concrete finishers, pipelayers or equipment operators • Pre-check, operate and maintain small, powered equipment and hand tools • Rigging and hoisting activities • Loading, unloading construction materials • Digging, spreading, and levelling of dirt and gravel • Ability to lift 30kg (66lbs) on a regular basis Salary range: $16.44 - $32 per hour; average annual 2,500 hours including overtime: $41,100 - $80,000
WHEN YOU WANT IT ALL
• Levelling the surface of freshly poured concrete • Operating a power vibrator to compact concrete
• Applying hardening and sealing compounds to cure the surface • Waterproofing, damp-proofing and restoring concrete surfaces • Installing anchor bolts, steel, plates and related fixtures in freshly poured concrete • Repair, resurface and replace worn or damaged sections of floors, walls, roads, and other concrete structures Salary range: $29.48 – $35.52 per hour; average annual 1,500 hours including overtime: $44,200 - $53,330 CLASS 1/LOW-BED OPERATORS Class 1/Low-bed operators are trained operate a truck with a box-trailer, lowboy or flat trailer to move heavy equipment and construction materials: • Operate primarily tractor-trailer, long-combination vehicle and straight-body trucks weighing over 4500 kg to transport goods and materials • Loading and transporting heavy equipment and materials safely and efficiently on public highways and at site • General maintenance and upkeep of the vehicle as required • Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspection of vehicle systems and equipment accessories • Maintaining logbooks and time sheets in an accurate and timely manner • Ensure cargo is properly secured in accordance with safety requirements and follow safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods Salary range: $26.90 - $33.48 per hour; average annual 2,000 hours including overtime: $53,800 - $66,960
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