Career Overview Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, …
Career Overview Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators. Also Known As Equipment Operator (EO) Paver Operator Roller …
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Career Overview Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers. Also Known As Pile Driver Pile Driver Operator Pile Driving Operator Alternate Job Titles Diesel Pile Hammer Operator Driving Inspector Driving Operator Hoisting Pile …
Career Overview Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties. Also Known As Equipment …
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Career Overview Apply a mixture of cement, sand, pigment, or marble chips to floors, stairways, and cabinet fixtures to fashion durable and decorative surfaces. Also Known As Terrazzo Finisher Terrazzo Installer Terrazzo Tile Setter Terrazzo Worker Alternate Job Titles Artificial Marble Worker Build Master Buildmaster Coat Agent Concrete Journeyman Finisher Granite-Chip Terrazzo Finisher Grinder Installer …
Career Overview Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, …
Career Overview Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks. Also Known As Tile and Marble Installer Tile Installer Tile Mechanic Tile Setter Alternate Job Titles Acoustical Carpenter Acoustical Installer Acoustical Material Worker Bathroom Fitter Ceramic Tile Installer Ceramic Tile Mechanic Ceramic Tile Setter Floor Tile Layer Granite …
Career Overview Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints. Also Known As Cement Finisher Cement Mason Concrete Finisher Finisher Alternate Job Titles Cement …
Career Overview Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors. Also Known As Floor Covering Contractor Floor Coverings Installer Flooring Installer Vinyl Installer Alternate Job Titles Asphalt Tile Floor Layer Commercial Installer Composition Floor Layer Composition Floor Setter Composition Tile Layer Cork Floor Installer Epoxy Installer Floor Cover Layer Floor …
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Career Overview Scrape and sand wooden floors to smooth surfaces using floor scraper and floor sanding machine, and apply coats of finish. Also Known As Floor Finisher Floor Mechanic Floor Sander Hardwood Floor Sander Alternate Job Titles Bowling Alley Refinisher Finisher Floor Finisher Floor Mechanic Floor Refinisher Floor Renovator Floor Sander Floor Sander and Finisher …