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SUB-MAJOR,GROUP 71: EXTRACTION AND BUILDING TRADES WORKERS
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Extraction and building trades workers extract and work
solid minerals from underground or surface mines or quarries,
shape and finish stone for building and other purposes, or
construct, maintain and repair buildings and other structures.
The work is carried out by hand and by hand-powered and
other tools which are used to reduce the amount of physical
effort and time required for specific tasks, as well as to
improve the quality of the products. The tasks call for an
understanding of the work organisation, the materials and tools
used, and the nature and purpose of the final product.
Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually
include: extracting and working solid minerals from underground
or surface mines or quarries; cutting and shaping stone for
building and other purposes; constructing, maintaining and
repairing buildings and other structures; applying paint to
buildings and other structures, as well as to various products
such as vehicles, or various manufactured articles, or covering
interior walls with wallpaper or fabric; cleaning chimneys and
exterior surfaces of buildings and other structures.
Supervision of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the
following minor groups:
711 Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers
712 Building frame and related trades workers
713 Building finishers and related trades workers
714 Painters, building structure cleaners and related
trades workers
Note
Occupations are classified into Major group 8, Plant and
machine operators and assemblers, if the tasks call mainly for
experience with and an understanding of the machinery operated
and monitored.
Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary
occupations, if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature,
mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort,
little or no previous experience and understanding of the work
and limited initiative or judgement.
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