9312-Civil engineering labourers

Job Title: 

Civil engineering labourers

Job Description: 

Civil engineering labourers perform routine tasks in connection with the building and maintenance of roads, railways, dams and other civil engineering projects.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • digging and filling holes and trenches using hand held tools
  • shovelling and spreading gravel and related materials
  • trimming and cutting rocks and concrete and bitumen surfaces using jack-hammers
  • loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows and hand trucks
  • cleaning worksites and removing obstructions.
Specific Occupations: 

93121
Chainman (surveying)/ Clearer, (land)/ Cleaner (karez)

93122
Labourer, digging (ditch/trench)/ Labourer, well (Lube/water)

93123
Mazdoor/Navvy

93124
Mucker (except mine)/ Shoveller

93125
Labourer, maintenance/ construction (dams/roads)/ Roadman (surveying)

93126
Labourer, plate layer (railways)/ Trackman, railway/ Repairman, track

93127
Cooly, rig/ Labourer, earthmoving/ tube well

93128
Digger (ditch/trench/ karez)/ Gore kun (grave digger)

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Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2428