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Job Details

Helper, Construction

Employer

MAFTA CONSTRUCTION

Date Posted

March 07, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 29, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

MAFTA CONSTRUCTION

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

Outdoors

Tasks

  • Load, unload and transport construction materials
  • Clean and lubricate cranes
  • Instruct apprentices
  • Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
  • Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
  • Assemble tower cranes on site
  • Help medical examiner in charge
  • Operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
  • Assist in aligning pipes during pipeline construction
  • Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
  • Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
  • Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
  • Operate offshore oil rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels
  • Pave and rake asphalt
  • Assist in demolishing buildings
  • Clean and pile salvaged materials
  • Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
  • Perform routine maintenance work
  • Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants
  • Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
  • Direct traffic at or near construction sites

Type of cranes

Offshore oil rig crane

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Health benefits

Disability benefits

Financial benefits

Life insurance

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site amenities
  • On-site housing options
  • Parking available
  • Travel insurance
  • Wellness program

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Helper, Construction is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing to sort, clean and pile salvaged materials; in removing rubble and other debris using rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and other equipment; in cleaning up chemical spills and other contaminants, and removing asbestos and other hazardous materials; and in directing traffic at, or near, construction sites

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers; and in tending and feeding machines and equipment such as mixers, compressors and pumps

innovative

Interest in assisting to drill and blast rock, to align pipes and perform related activities during oil and gas pipeline construction and to demolish buildings using prying bars and other tools

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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