Construction Laborers

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Adjustable wrenches
• Air compressors
• Pneumatic drill (Air drills)
• Air samplers or collectors (Air monitoring equipment)
• Kettle exchangers (Asphalt kettles)
• Asphalt finishers (Asphalt mops)
• Power saws (Asphalt saws)
• Axes
• Lifting hooks (Bale hooks)
• Bandsaw wheel (Bandsaws)
• Belt conveyors
• Power grinders (Bench grinders)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Bosun chairs)
• Adjustable forks (Brick carrier forks)
• Hammers (Brick hammers)
• Tongs (Brick tongs)
• Pullers (Cable pullers)
• Calipers
• Levels (Carpenters' levels)
• Squares (Carpenters' squares)
• Caulking guns
• Power saws (Chain saws)
• Chip Spreaders
• Power chippers (Chipping guns)
• Power saws (Circular saws)
• Cold chisels
• Concrete mixers or plants (Concrete mixers)
• Cement pumping units (Concrete pumpers)
• Power saws (Concrete saws)
• Coring equipment (Coring machines)
• Track loaders (Crawler shovels)
• Pry bars (Crowbars)
• Power saws (Cutoff saws)
• Power saws (Cutout saws)
• Demolition equipment kits (Demolition saws)
• Power grinders (Disc grinders)
• Drilling machines (Drill presses)
• Dump trucks
• Explosive initiators (Dynamite blasters)
• Tampers (Earth tampers)
• Boring or sinking machinery (Electric boring machines)
• Power drills (Electric drills)
• Welders (Electric welders)
• Safety harnesses or belts (Fall arrest systems)
• Wire or cable cutters (Fencing pliers)
• Floats
• Power sanders (Floor sanders)
• Power saws (Floor saws)
• Forklifts
• Adjustable forks (Forks)
• Gas detectors (Gas leak detection devices)
• Gas generators (Generators)
• Blocks or pulleys (Gin poles)
• Shotcrete spraying equipment (Guniting machines)
• Power drills (Hammer drills)
• Hammers
• Grinders (Hand grinders)
• Hand trucks or accessories (Hand trucks)
• Hoists
• Hole saws (Hole cutters)
• Hydraulic truck cranes (Hydraulic booms)
• Boring or sinking machinery (Hydraulic boring machines)
• Power saws (Hydraulic chainsaws)
• Hydraulic rock drills
• Shoring equipment (Hydraulic speed shoring equipment)
• Power saws (Hydraulic track-guided wall saws)
• Impact hammers
• Impact wrenches
• Pneumatic hammer (Jackhammers)
• Water trucks (Jet trucks for cleaning sewer lines)
• Power saws (Jig saws)
• Burners (Kerosene burners)
• Ladders
• Laser measuring systems (Laser guidance equipment for pipe placement)
• Levels (Laser levels)
• Laser measuring systems (Laser measuring devices)
• Concrete spreaders (Laser screeds)
• Levels
• Blow torches (Liquid propane torches)
• Wheel loaders (Loaders)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Manlifts)
• Forklifts (Masonry forklifts)
• Picks (Mattocks)
• Measuring wheels for distance (Measuring wheels)
• Micrometers
• Hoes (Mortar hoes)
• Plaster or mortar mixers (Mortar mixers)
• Graders (Motor graders)
• Mowers (Mowing equipment)
• Mud pumps (Mud jacks)
• Power nail guns (Nail guns)
• Aggregate spreaders (Oil distributors)
• Blow torches (Oxygen/acetylene torches)
• Rotary tiller mixers (Paddle mixers)
• Paint sprayers
• Paving breakers (Pavement breakers)
• Power grinders (Pedestal grinders)
• Picks
• Light trucks or sport utility vehicles (Pickup trucks)
• Plasma welding machinery (Plasma cutters)
• Plaster or mortar mixers (Plaster mixers)
• Plumb bobs
• Pneumatic drill (Pneumatic drills)
• Staple guns (Pneumatic staplers)
• Post hole digger (Post hole augers)
• Power buggies
• Power drills
• Power sanders
• Power screwguns (Power screwdrivers)
• Pressure or steam cleaners (Pressure washers)
• Hazardous material protective apparel (Protective suits)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Punches)
• Rakes
• Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
• Digital camcorders or video cameras (Remote pipe cameras)
• Respirators
• Vacuum cleaners (Ride-on vacuum cleaners)
• Rollers (Road rollers)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Robotic pipe cleaners)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Robotic pipe cutters)
• Hammer drills (Rotary hammers)
• Forklifts (Rough terrain forklifts)
• Power saws (Saber saws)
• Space heaters (Salamanders)
• Pneumatic sanding machines (Sandblasters)
• Saws
• Scaffolding
• Scarifiers
• Scissor lift (Scissor lifts)
• Concrete spreaders (Screeds)
• Screwdrivers
• Sludge or sewage handling trucks (Sewer cleaner vactors)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer rodding machines)
• Shovels
• Vacuum cleaners (Sidewalk sweepers)
• Skid steer loaders
• Slings
• Leak testing equipment (Smoke testers)
• Burners (Smudge pots)
• Snowplow attachments (Snowplows)
• Spades
• Levels (Spirit levels)
• Pressure or steam cleaners (Steam cleaning equipment)
• Pressure or steam cleaners (Steam jennies)
• Hand sprayers (Stucco spray guns)
• Blades or tooth or other cutting edges (Stump cutters)
• Vacuum cleaners (Suction sweepers)
• Measuring rods (Surveying rods)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Swing chairs)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Swing stages)
• Tampers
• Tape measures
• Taps or dies (Tappers)
• Remote reading thermometers (Temperature probes)
• Theodolites
• Blow torches (Torches)
• Level sensors or transmitters (Transit levels)
• Trenching machines (Trenchers)
• Instrument tripods (Tripods)
• Trowels
• Trowels (Tuck pointers)
• Two way radios
• Vibratory plates (Vibratory plate compactors)
• Hydraulic rock drills (Wagon drills)
• Compactors (Walk-behind compacting equipment)
• Power saws (Walk-behind saws)
• Levels (Water levels)
• Water samplers
• Water trucks (Water spraying equipment)
• Water trucks (Water tank trucks)
• Sprayers (Weed sprayers)
• Welding masks (Welding hoods)
• Winches
• Pullers (Wire stretchers)

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)