81005 FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS & MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS- CONSTRUCTION TRADES & EXTRACTIVE WORKERS

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extractive workers. Managers/Supervisors are generally found in smaller establishments where they perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work, and may also engage in the same construction work as the workers they supervise. Exclude work leaders who spend 20 percent or more of their time at tasks similar to those of employees under their supervision and report them in the occupations which are most closely related to their specific work duties.

21908 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING INSPECTORS

Inspect new or remodeled construction to determine its soundness and compliance to specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or elevators.

15017 CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS

Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Include specialized construction fields such as carpentry or plumbing. General Managers of large construction contracting firms should be reported as General Managers and Top Executives.

15021 MINING, QUARRYING, & OIL & GAS WELL DRILLING MANAGERS

Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, the operations of mines, quarries, oil or gas wells, or other similar operations that extract natural deposits.

87302 BRICKMASONS

Lay building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete, cinder, glass, gypsum, and terra cotta block (except stone), to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, etc. Include Refractory Brickmasons.

98311 HELPERS, BRICK & STONE-MASONS & HARD TILE SETTERS

Help Brickmasons, Stonemasons, or Hard Tile Setters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. Exclude apprentice workers and report them with the appropriate construction or maintenance trade occupation. Exclude construction or maintenance laborers who do not primarily assist Brickmasons, Stonemasons, or Hard Tile Setters.

87102 CARPENTERS

Construct, erect, install and repair structures, fixtures, and equipment of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpentry tools and woodworking machines

98312 HELPERS, CARPENTERS & RELATED WORKERS

Help Carpenters or carpentry-related craft workers by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. Exclude apprentice workers and report them with the appropriate construction or maintenance trade occupation. Exclude construction or maintenance laborers who do not primarily assist Carpenters or carpentry-related craft workers.

87105 CEILING TILE INSTALLERS & ACOUSTICAL CARPENTERS

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. Exclude carpet, wood, or hard tile installers.

87311 CONCRETE & TERRAZZO FINISHERS

Apply cement, sand, pigment, or marble chips to floors, stairways, and cabinet fixtures to finish and attain durable and decorative surfaces, ac-cording to specifications and drawings. Finish surfaces to remove imperfections from freshly poured concrete walls, roads, walkways, and ornamental stone facings of concrete structural products. Include Concrete Rubbers.

87108 DRYWALL INSTALLERS

Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings and interior walls of buildings.

87111 TAPERS

Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering. 

87202 ELECTRICIANS

Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Insure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May read blueprints. Include Protective Signal Installers/Repairers and Street Light Servicers.

87817 FENCE ERETORS

Erect and repair metal and wooden fences and fence gates around highways, industrial establishments, residences, or farms, using hand and power tools.

87605 FLOOR LAYERS, EXCEPT CARPET, WOOD & HARD TILES

Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors and cabinets. Include soft tile setters. Exclude Acoustical Carpenters and installers of carpets, wood, or hard tile.

87811 GLAZIERS

Install glass in windows, skylights, storefronts, and display cases, or on surfaces such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops. Exclude Glaziers who work primarily on production.

87308 HARD TILE SETTERS

Apply hard tile to walls, floors, ceilings, and other areas following design specifications.

87802 INSULATION WORKERS

Cover and line structures with insulation using saws, knives, rasps, trowels, and other tools and implements. May also specialize in providing blown-in insulation.

87114 LATHERS

Fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, and partitions of buildings to provide supporting base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.

87402 PAINTERS & PAPERHANGERS, CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE

Painters: Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency. Paperhangers: Cover interior walls and ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, or attach advertising posters on surfaces such as walls and billboards. Duties include removing old materials from surface to be papered.

87708 PAVING, SURFACING, & TAMPING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to roadbeds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways, or equipment used for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Include Concrete and Asphalt Paving Machine Operators, Form Tampers, Tamping Machine Operators, and Stone Spreader Operators.

87508 PIPELAYERS

Lay glazed or unglazed clay, concrete, plastic, or cast-iron pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, water mains, and oil or gas lines. Perform any combination of the following tasks: Grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.

87317 PLASTERERS & STUCCO MASONS

Apply coats of plaster onto interior or exterior walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to produce finished surface according to blueprints, architect's drawings, or oral instructions.

87502 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, & STEAMFITTERS

Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipe systems (metal, plastic, ceramic, composition, etc.) that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases.

87314 REINFORCING METAL WORKERS

Position and secure metal bars in concrete forms to reinforce concrete. Determine number, size, shape, and location of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.

87923 ROOF BOLTERS

Operate self-propelled machine to install roof support bolts in underground mine.

87808 ROOFERS

Cover roofs of structures with slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, and related materials using brushes, knives, punches, hammers, and other tools. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.

87511 SEPTIC TANK SERVICERS & SEWER PIPE CLEANERS

Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or drains. May patch walls and partitions of tank, replace damaged drain tile, or repair breaks in underground piping.

87805 SHEET METAL DUCT INSTALLERS

Install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes in buildings and similar structures.

87305 STONEMASONS

Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.

87814 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS

Raise, place, and unite girders, columns, and other structural steel members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. Include workers who erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings. Exclude reinforcing metal workers.

87702 AIR HAMMER OPERATORS

Use air hammer to: Break asphalt, concrete, stone, or other pavement; loosen earth, dig clay, or break rock, to trim bottom or sides of trenches or other excavations; drill holes in concrete; reduce size of large stones; or tamp earth in backfills.

87905 BLASTERS & EXPLOSIVES WORKERS

Place explosives in holes or other spots and detonate the explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. Include Tier-Detonator Blasters, Perforator Operators, and Seismograph Shooters.

87941 CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE OPERATORS

Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the face and load it onto conveyors or into shuttle cars in a continuous operation.

97951 CONVEYOR OPERATORS & TENDERS

Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments, vehicles, and underground workings. May control speed and routing of materials or products.

87914 DERRICK OPERATORS, OIL & GAS EXTRACTION

Rig derrick equipment and operate pumps to circulate mud through drill hole.

87902 EARTH DRILLERS, EXCEPT OIL & GAS

Operate a variety of drills to tap sub-surface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. Include Core, Well, and Foundation Drill Operators and Horizontal and Earth Boring Machine Operators. Exclude Oil Well Drillers.

97923 EXCAVATING & LOADING MACHINE OPERATORS

Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials. Exclude Dredge and Dragline Operators.

97938 GRADER, BULLDOZER, & SCRAPER OPERATORS

Operate machine or vehicle equipped with blades to remove, distribute, level, or grade earth. Exclude Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators.

87803 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REMOVAL WORKERS

Remove, pack, transport, and/or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, waste fuel, contaminated soil, etc. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling and/or a confined entry permit are generally required.

87711 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKERS

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way in safe condition. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement, and erecting and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences using a posthole digger, shovel, axe, saw, hammer and nails, or power tools. May also clear brush or plant trees along rights-of-way.

97947 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK & TRACTOR OPERATORS

Operate gasoline or electric-powered industrial trucks or tractors equipped with forklift, elevated platform, or trailer hitch to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location. Exclude Logging Tractor Operators.

97908 OIL PUMPERS, EXCEPT WELLHEAD

Operate steam, natural gas, gasoline, electric, or diesel pumps and auxiliary equipment to restore and control flow of oil from wells.

97956 OPERATING ENGINEERS

Operate several types of power construction equipment, such as compressors, pumps, hoists, derricks, cranes, shovels, tractors, scrapers, or motor graders 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. Exclude workers who specialize in operation of a single type of heavy equipment, such as a bulldozer or crane.

87714 RAIL-TRACK LAYING AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Include Ballast Cleaning Machine Operators and RoadBed Tamping Machine Operators.

87908 ROCK SPLITTERS, QUARRY

Separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammer, wedges, and feathers.

87911 ROTARY DRILL OPERATORS, OIL & GAS EXTRACTION

Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove petroleum products from the earth and to remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration. Include Core and Rotary Drillers and Well and Prospecting Drillers.

87921 ROUSTABOUTS

Perform a variety of assigned tasks in or around an oil field such as assembling or repairing equipment, digging drainage trenches, and loading/unloading trucks.

87917 SERVICE UNIT OPERATORS

Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells. Include Fishing-Tool Technicians.

87999 ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION & EXTRACTIVE WORKERS, EXCEPT HELPERS

All other construction and extractive workers, except helpers, not classified separately above.

87899 ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION TRADES WORKERS

All other construction trades workers not classified separately above.

87949 MINING MACHINE OPERATORS, NEC

All other mining machine operators not classified separately above.

97989 ALL OTHER MATERIAL-MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS