Job description

Trade helpers and labourers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:

• Move tools, equipment and other materials to and from work areas
• Assist in splicing overhead and underground communications and electric power transmission cables
• Assist in repairing, maintaining and installing industrial machinery and equipment
• Assist in repairing, maintaining and installing refrigeration, heating and air conditioning equipment
• Assist in repairing, maintaining and installing elevators
• Assist in repairing and maintaining stationary electric power generating and distribution equipment
• Assist in mechanical, electrical and body repairs of aircraft, railway cars, automobiles, trucks, buses, heavy equipment and motorcycles
• Assist in repairing electrical appliances, small engines or other similar equipment
• Mix fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides and load mixture into airplane for aerial spraying
• Assist in land surveying activities, such as holding or moving stakes and rods, clearing brush and debris from line of survey and transporting surveying tools to work area
• Perform other labouring and elemental tasks as required.