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Job Details

Construction Labourer

Employer

VighCon Ltd

Date Posted

June 01, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Airdrie, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $30.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 4  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 22, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

VighCon Ltd

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Remote location
  • Various locations
  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Construction site
  • Landscape contractor

Tasks

  • Load, unload and transport construction materials
  • Measure weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
  • Perform pre-operational inspection
  • Read blueprints to determine work requirements
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Assist in demolishing buildings
  • Clean and pile salvaged materials
  • Perform routine maintenance work
  • Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
  • Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
  • Direct traffic at or near construction sites
  • Repair and maintain equipment
  • Remove litter and garbage
  • Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
  • Assist with landscape constructions
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Rake and collect refuse

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
  • Traffic Control Signage (TWS) Certification
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Reciprocating saws
  • Concrete saws
  • Jackhammers
  • Air guns
  • Drills
  • Augers
  • Trampers (Jumping Jack)
  • Chain saw
  • Compactor
  • Sledgehammer
  • Hand tools
  • Small engine equipment

Construction specialization

  • Driveways
  • Industrial, commercial and institutional
  • Residential
  • Sidewalks and curbs

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Willing to travel regularly
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Tight deadlines
  • Manual dexterity
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Sound discrimination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Gloves
  • Cellular phone
  • Ear plugs
  • Safety vest
  • Rain gear
  • Safety equipment/gear

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking
  • Organized

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime available

Other benefits

Team building opportunities


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Construction Labourer 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

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