General Construction Sector
The General Construction Sector of CPC08 covers skills for workers in general and off-site construction occupations from entry level to management. [Off-site construction refers to construction which takes place at a different location than the location of use, ie in a manufacturing plant or factory specifically designed for this type of process - constructed items such as building modules, stairs etc, are then transported to the site.]
The sector is primarily engaged in residential and non-residential building and construction work . The majority of work is on new structures with aproportion involved in alterations and additions to existing buildings. Some work is shared with those from the civil construction sector especially where integrated projects occur.
Occupations and job roles include construction trades such as:
- Shopfitting
- Joinery-Timber/Aluminium/Glass
- Stairs
- Pre-Fabrication and Machining
- Stonemasonry (monumental/installation)
- Signwriting and Manufacture
- Bricklaying/Blocklaying
- Building Surveying
- Carpentry
- Concreting
- Demolition
- Dogging
- Painting and Decorating
- Rigging
- Roof Tiling
- Scaffolding
- Solid Plastering
- Steelfixing
- Wall and Ceiling Lining
- Wall and Floor Tiling
- Waterproofing.
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