Construction

Created by, Kelsey Brantley Construction workers have a very important job. They're job consist of alot of different things. from pouring cement, building houses, making side walks, or even breaking down buildings. When it comes to education in the Construction field you could get a job with out a college background but you wouldnt get paid as much and you also have to put more work in. The most paid Construction workers have a Bachelor degree. The main skills you would need would be: You must have to comeplete certain task like: A few other job encounters that deal with construction could be: In your first year on minumum wage you make:
 * **Manual Dexterity** — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. ||
 * **Arm-Hand Steadiness** — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. ||
 * **Multilimb Coordination** — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. ||
 * **Static Strength** — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. ||
 * **Oral Comprehension** — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. ||
 * **Control Precision** — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. ||
 * **Trunk Strength** — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. ||
 * **Near Vision** — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). ||
 * **Oral Expression** — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. ||
 * **Problem Sensitivity** — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. ||
 * Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
 * Read plans, instructions, or specifications to determine work activities.
 * Control traffic passing near, in, or around work zones.
 * Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials.
 * Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, or rakes.
 * Position, join, align, or seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections or pipes.
 * Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to layout areas where construction work will be performed.
 * Load, unload, or identify building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications.
 * Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary structures.
 * Position or dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts
 * || [|Stonemasons] ||
 * || [|Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters] ||
 * || [|Highway Maintenance Workers] ||
 * || [|Roustabouts, Oil and Gas] ||
 * || [|Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons] ||
 * || [|Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters] ||
 * Median wages (2010) || $14.08 hourly, $29,280 annual ||

Source: [|http://www.onetonline.org]