General Builder

Job holders in this unit group undertake a variety of tasks in the construction, alteration, maintenance and repair of buildings, steeples, industrial chimneys and other tall structures, and of underwater structures not elsewhere classified in MINOR GROUP 531: Construction and Building Trades.

Main Tasks

• selects, measures and cuts steel bars, rods and wire to required lengths, positions and fixes reinforcements into position and tensions as required using hydraulic jack
• lays bricks, tiles and building blocks to construct, repair and decorate building
• pours and levels concrete, prepares surfaces for painting and plastering, and mixes and applies plaster and pain
• installs plumbing fixtures, woodwork structures and fittings, and sets glass in frame
• maintains and repairs steeples, industrial chimneys and other high structures, and installs and replaces lightning conductor
• erects and repairs fencin
• checks and puts on diving suit and equipment and descends underwater to carry out construction, maintenance and repair tasks on sites such as oil rigs, harbours, bridges et

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