Responsibilities:

• Performing manual earthworks (digging, demolition, excavation by hand)
• Creating excavation pits in areas where an excavator cannot fit or is not permitted for use
• Loading excavated soil onto transport equipment and removing it (e.g., using a wheelbarrow)
• Cutting asphalt/pavement (using a disc cutter/milling machine)
• Demolishing pavement using a pneumatic hammer or chisel/breaker
• Removing tree stumps (e.g., if a tree obstructs the path of a utility line)
• Assisting excavator operations (performing “pre-digging” or exploratory excavation to prevent the machine from damaging existing utility lines)
• Shoring up trenches (using timber planks or prefabricated shoring systems)
• Supporting pipefitters (assisting with pipe laying, excavating bell holes for welding, and clearing trenches)
• Preparing sand bedding (spreading and compacting sand delivered by truck)
• Backfilling trenches with compaction
• Pouring concrete along the utility route (spreading concrete delivered by truck)
• Setting up and maintaining site barriers/fencing (to prevent accidents, such as someone falling into a trench)
• Ongoing site cleanup and organization
• Basic tools: pickaxe, spade, shovel, measuring tape. occasionally: chipping hammer, edge cutter, plate compactor (tamper)