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Civil engineering worker

Code 9312.1

Civil engineering workers perform tasks concerning the cleaning and preparation of construction sites for civil engineering projects. This includes the work on building and maintenance of roads, railways and dams.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • rail infrastructure
  • road traffic laws
  • dredging consoles
  • work trains
  • compaction techniques
  • excavation techniques

Skills and competences

  • lay base courses
  • position guardrails and toeboards
  • provide pipe bedding
  • inspect construction supplies
  • dig soil mechanically
  • inspect asphalt
  • inspect drainage channels
  • inspect construction sites
  • inspect road signs
  • lay pipe installation
  • pave asphalt layers
  • prepare subgrade for road pavement
  • remove road surface
  • inspect railways visually
  • perform drainage work
  • follow health and safety procedures in construction
  • work in a construction team
  • transport construction supplies
  • operate drones in civil engineering
  • use safety equipment in construction

Transversal competences

  • guide operation of heavy construction equipment
  • mechanical tools

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences