Construction Operatives

Workers in this unit group operate insulating equipment, fix plasterboard or dry linings to ceilings and walls, help construct, maintain, repair and demolish buildings and clean and resurface eroded stonework, lay, join and examine pipe sections for drainage, gas, water or similar piping systems and carry out a variety of other construction operative tasks.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 10,512
£ 23,889
£ 35,948

Available jobs

In the past year there were 81,394 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Tests joints with electronic test equipment or by filling piping with water, smoke or compressed air.

  • Joints pipe by sealing with rubber, cement, lead, etc., connects piping to manholes and attaches pipe junctions as required.

  • Selects appropriate asbestos, clay, concrete, plastic or metal pipe sections and lowers them into prepared trenches using hoisting equipment.

  • Cuts, shapes and fits wood, lays bricks and tiles, cleans exterior surfaces of buildings and resurfaces eroded stone or brickwork, and performs other tasks in the construction, alteration, repair and demolition of buildings.

  • Selects appropriate plasterboard or dry lining panels, cuts them to required size and fixes them to ceilings and walls.

  • Fills machine with insulating mixture, positions hose, drills access hole and fills cavities or coats surfaces to prevent loss or absorption of heat and provide fire protection.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Fire Alarm Systems

  • Plumbing

  • Painting

  • Construction

  • Carpentry

  • Textiles

  • Emergency Lighting

  • Alarm Devices

  • Commissioning

  • Forklift Truck

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Customer Service

  • Management

  • Self-Motivation

  • Detail Oriented

  • Loading And Unloading

  • Strong Work Ethic

  • English Language

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.