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SOC 47-2061
The construction laborers and helpers entry corresponds to the exact occupation O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00: doing physical work on construction sites, taking on site clearing and material preparation, excavation and backfill, and support and scaffolding erection, and assisting the skilled trades with on-site work.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+0+0)/3+0.5)=0; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
In one sentence: this is a job whose core is preparing materials to the briefing and crew arrangements, keeping the site clean, stepping in to coordinate when needed, and stopping and reporting when a hazard is found; it suits people who are willing to do physical work, cooperate with others, accept the outdoor environment and take responsibility for their own safety and that of their workmates.
Note: this entry is called construction laborers and helpers, but the authoritative route resolves it to the exact occupation O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00; the various construction helpers (helpers--carpenters 47-3012, helpers--electricians 47-3013, helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters 47-3015, helpers--roofers 47-3016 and so on) are separate occupations in the U.S. classification, and this page uses them only as adjacent directions and transition targets, without merging their figures into this occupation.
Before starting, confirm: you can break a day's assistance work into four categories, material preparation, coordination, safety and records, and explain who directs each step and whether it is based on the drawings, the technical briefing or an on-site instruction; and you can state before starting work which conditions you have verified and which still need confirmation.
Construction laborers and helpers correspond to O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00: doing physical work on construction sites, taking on site clearing and material preparation, trench excavation and backfill compaction, and support and scaffolding erection, and assisting carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other skilled trades with on-site work.
The existing authoritative catalogue catalog.v2 maps this slug exactly to 47-2061.00, and it does not become the OOH group because the name contains helper. This occupation has 27 tasks, 8Core/19Supplemental, and importance is not frequency; equipment signals, drawing reading and layout, clearing, earthwork and materials are the core scope, while trade assistance and scaffolding are supplemental. Material preparation and tools, on-site assistance and safety handover are editorial groupings that can overlap, not a fixed three-stage process for every position.
Career direction comparison
The table below places this occupation and five adjacent directions on the same set of dimensions: for each direction it first states the core work and outputs, then the key differences from this occupation, and finally when that direction is a better choice.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helpers--Carpenters | Assist carpenters with material preparation, handing over materials, holding work straight and clearing up, producing carpentry assistance and clearing records. | Helpers--carpenters serve the carpentry process fixedly (formwork, framing and finish carpentry) and are a separate occupation; this occupation takes on general material preparation, clearing and excavation coordination for multiple trades and does not serve one trade fixedly. | If you would rather stay with carpenters on one type of process for the long term, look at the helpers--carpenters direction; if you would rather do general on-site assistance across trades, look at this occupation. |
AI impact on this career
Counting, recording, layout materials and hazard filing are editorial candidates pending testing and do not demonstrate actual deployment, reliability or net efficiency. Responsibility for excavation, shoring and scaffolding is checked against the applicable rules and cannot all be assigned to ordinary workers. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity. AI Impact Score 0% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+0+0)/3+0.5)=0; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
GB/T4754-2017 construction 47 housing, 48 civil engineering (PDF57 / printed 51 pages), 49 installation and 50 decoration etc. (PDF58 / printed 52 pages) are used for the industry background of construction units; by the unit's main business, not directly determining the industry by an individual's work, and not proving one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and U.S. occupations.
2025 average annual wages of urban non-private units in construction were 92,036 yuan and of private units 66,275 yuan, each a pre-tax industry average that includes other occupations; this is not a construction laborer range, median, percentile or starting wage. Read it by the unit's main business, and it cannot cover all labor service providers or other internal positions. GB/T4754-2017 construction 47 housing, 48 civil engineering (PDF57 / printed 51 pages), 49 installation and 50 decoration etc. (PDF58 / printed 52 pages) are used for the industry background of construction units; by the unit's main business, not directly determining the industry by an individual's work, and not proving one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and U.S. occupations.
U.S. salary reference (exact occupation scope for this occupation)
2025 annual percentiles for this occupation are 35,090/38,620/47,120/59,740/78,090 dollars, with a median hourly wage of 22.66 dollars. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
| Wage statistical position | Annual wage reference | Conversion boundary | How to understand this position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 35,090 dollars/year (10th percentile) | Not converted into individual monthly income | The 10th percentile means that 10% of those employed earn no more than this value; it is not an entry wage or a minimum wage. |
Occupational fit guide
The current O*NET details page interest R100/C44/I28/A6/E6/S4, where the top three R, C and I form the activity profile, not a share of people or an individual hiring threshold; the R and C in the historical summary are kept only for consumers that are not authorized. Editorially, observe material preparation, clearing, authorized coordination and truthful recording; each helper direction requires separate checks of duties and qualifications, and interests are not treated as a personal threshold.
You may be better suited to： Willing to prepare materials and clear to the briefing, willing to cooperate with skilled trades and the crew, and used to recording materials used and work performed truthfully and stopping and reporting when a hazard is found.
These situations call for caution： Unwilling to confirm work face and access conditions before starting work, unwilling to follow the arrangements of the skilled trades and the crew, unable to accept outdoor weather of all kinds and noise and dust, or tending to keep working after finding a hazard.
Do an entry practice exercise： Close the loop with a fictional site plan: write down the material preparation scope you are responsible for, the trades to coordinate and the access routes, the planned tools and protective measures, and then judge which questions need confirmation; finally see whether you would be willing to repeat such a process over the long term.
Work pressure, risks and career boundaries
Utilities, earthwork, scaffolding, machines and materials are task-corresponding risk scenarios, and no ranking of main risks is given. Outdoors 81%, PPE97% every day and errors 38% extremely serious are different survey questions, not accident probabilities.
U.S. O*NET task context, wages for this occupation and current BLS projections are read separately; OSHA excavation, scaffolding, tools and crystalline silica each have applicable conditions, and Chinese Order No. 60 covers only specific trades.
Typical scenario：Starting work without confirming the access routes, stacking locations and edges and openings, leading to trips, being struck by falling objects or being crushed against each other in cross work.
Roles most affected：Construction laborers and helpers, site coordination personnel and workers in adjacent trades
Possible consequence：
Entry, qualifications and career development
On-site assistance, trade and machine directions are editorial preparation suggestions, not a uniform entry or promotion sequence. Current O*NET new-hire education requirements are 35% high school and 33% less than high school, listing only part of the distribution and not the number of current workers or a complete proportion; Zone1–2/SVP below 6 is a preparation level, and the zone-level training description is not a period of independent work for an individual. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation typically requires no formal educational credential, no related experience and short-term OJT, which cannot be treated as the threshold in China or for all employers. The OOH group mostly learns on the job, and some apprenticeships are checked separately by program.
Career prospects and related occupation transitions
BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity. 2025 average annual wages of urban non-private units in construction were 92,036 yuan and of private units 66,275 yuan, each a pre-tax industry average that includes other occupations; this is not a construction laborer range, median, percentile or starting wage. Read it by the unit's main business, and it cannot cover all labor service providers or other internal positions.
United States · BLS47-2061 total employment for this occupation; the OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately
They first find out which trade they are supporting that shift, what materials to hand over and where to go in and out, then prepare materials against the list and check tools; they then clear or prepare the work face, use picks, shovels, pneumatic breakers and tampers to dig trenches and foundation pits, backfill and compact and level; at the same time they signal equipment operators to help with positioning, assist skilled trades such as carpenters, masons and plasterers, load, unload and transfer materials, and record materials used and work performed truthfully, stopping work and reporting when a hazard is found.
No. The authoritative route resolves this entry to the exact occupation O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00 (Construction Laborers); the various construction helpers (helpers--carpenters 47-3012, helpers--electricians 47-3013, helpers--painters 47-3014, helpers--plumbers 47-3015, helpers--roofers 47-3016, helpers--brickmasons 47-3011) are separate occupations in the U.S. classification, each with different growth and wages (from a decline of -1% or lower to faster than average 5%—6%), and this page uses them only as adjacent and transition directions without merging their figures into this occupation.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Situations where this is not a good choice: being unwilling to confirm site conditions and access routes before starting work, being unwilling to follow the arrangements of the skilled trades and the crew, being unable to accept outdoor weather of all kinds and noise and dust, or tending to keep working after finding a hazard. Boundary: the exercises and judgments on this page are only for self-checking and do not constitute hiring standards, qualification determinations or authorization to work on a real construction site; for excavations, scaffolding, temporary power and hazardous work, follow the rules of your organization and the competent authorities.
How to try it: for a fictional scenario (during the decoration stage of a six-story residential building, one day requires preparing materials for the electrician and plumber crews, clearing the work face and helping tidy the site after external scaffolding is dismantled) write a one-page plan for the day's assistance work, including site and access confirmation, a material and tool list, the coordination sequence and signal method, protection and hazard handling, and record and handover items.
Material requisition and tool and machine inspection records
Assistance work records and process coordination status
This page compares this occupation with adjacent objects item by item across seven dimensions: core purpose, main objects and basis, core process, main outputs, responsible party, admission and permits, and conclusion boundary. Two kinds of adjacent object must be distinguished: one is the various construction helpers (helpers--carpenters, helpers--electricians, helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters, helpers--roofers and so on), which are separate exact occupations in the U.S. classification serving only one specific trade; the other is the skilled trades themselves, together with equipment operators and construction managers, which have their own complete craft, equipment or management duties; 47-2061 may also include some forming and equipment work and quality responsibility for its own part, and actual roles and permits are checked separately. Although this entry is called construction laborers and helpers, the authoritative route resolves it to the exact occupation O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00, and this page does not merge in the figures of the helper entries or other entries.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
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| Core purpose | To the technical briefing and crew arrangements, use physical effort and small machines to prepare materials, clear, excavate and assist, and stop and report when a hazard is found. | Core purposes of adjacent objects: the various construction helpers (helpers--carpenters, helpers--electricians, helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters, helpers--roofers and so on) serve only the assistance needs of their own trade and are separate occupations; carpenters, blockmasons and concrete finishers carry forming quality, equipment operators carry safe equipment operation, and construction managers organize construction and are responsible for schedule and cost. |
| Main objects and basis | Picks, shovels, pneumatic breakers, tampers, concrete mixers, small lifting machines and survey layout equipment, along with materials, tools and work surfaces; the basis is construction drawings and technical briefings, layout marks and elevations, on-site safety rules and the employer's operating procedures. | Adjacent objects and basis: each helper works to the processes and tools of the trade it belongs to (carpentry, electrical, piping, roofing and so on); the skilled trades have their own craft standards and acceptance specifications. |
| Core process | Material preparation, clearing, earthwork, coordination and records are overlapping tasks and do not mean that every shift or position takes on all of them; permits, inspections and responsibility for starting work are checked separately. | Processes of adjacent objects: they unfold to the processes of the trade they belong to (electrical conduit installation, pipe prefabrication and installation, roofing, and so on), or unfold to equipment operation and construction organization processes. |
| Main outputs | Material preparation and requisition records, clearing and assistance work records, excavation and compaction records, protection and hazard reporting records, and shift handover records. | Outputs of adjacent objects: each helper produces assistance and clearing records for the trade it belongs to; the skilled trades also have process acceptance records; equipment operators also have equipment operation and maintenance records; construction managers also have construction organization and schedule and cost reports. |
| Responsible party | Your authorized material preparation, clearing and coordination duties are checked separately from design, inspection and approval to start work; U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title. U.S. OSHA1926.451(a)(6) requires a qualified person to design scaffolding; (f)(3) requires a competent person to inspect before each shift and after any event affecting integrity; (f)(7) requires erection, moving, dismantling and alteration to be supervised by the corresponding competent person and carried out by trained and experienced employees that person selects. Fall protection measures are checked against the specific scaffold type and applicable conditions and are not decided as usable by ordinary workers on their own; Chinese rules are checked separately. | Responsible parties of adjacent objects: each skilled trade is responsible for its process quality, equipment operators for safe equipment operation, and construction managers for organizing the works; helper positions are responsible according to the division of labor of the trade they belong to. |
| Admission and permits | Current O*NET new-hire education requirements are 35% high school and 33% less than high school, listing only part of the distribution and not the number of current workers or a complete proportion; Zone1–2/SVP below 6 is a preparation level, and the zone-level training description is not a period of independent work for an individual. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation typically requires no formal educational credential, no related experience and short-term OJT, which cannot be treated as the threshold in China or for all employers. The OOH group mostly learns on the job, and some apprenticeships are checked separately by program. Current O*NET35 certification candidates and 6 registered apprenticeship examples: Construction Craft Laborer, Maintenance Tech Municipal, Maintenance Technician, Pointer Cleaner Caulker, Pool Installer Technician, Tuckpointer Cleaner Caulker, which are not open positions or mandatory certificates in China. The OOH group notes that employers often require safety certification consistent with OSHA guidelines before or after hiring, that some positions may require a driver's license, and that certain rigging/scaffolding certifications are optional; applying for each certificate, renewal, cost and current employer conditions are checked separately. | This page does not provide preparation levels or qualification requirements for each adjacent object; these must be checked item by item against their official pages and the target employer's current-year notices. |
| Conclusion boundary | This round of nine modules uses 2025 wages for the employed and the 2025—2035 total projections for this occupation, with the group marked separately; the China industry background and the exact-occupation gap are kept separate. | Neither merged names nor adjacent work surfaces mean roles are interchangeable: whether you carry responsibility for process forming quality, equipment operation or construction organization determines the scope of authorization and where responsibility lies. |
Load, unload, identify and distribute building materials, machinery and tools to designated locations to the project plan or specifications, checking specifications and quantities.
Clear or prepare the construction site to remove possible hazards, clear rubble, waste and other debris and keep passageways clear.
Use picks, shovels, pneumatic breakers and tampers to dig trenches and foundation pits, backfill excavated areas and compact and level to elevation.
Set supports to shore the sides of excavations and erect or dismantle temporary structures such as scaffolding, supports, slope protection, roadblocks and ramps.
Signal equipment operators to help with positioning and movement, and assist trades such as carpenters, masons, plasterers, electricians and plumbers.
Record the use of materials and equipment, work progress and problems, and stop work and report when a hazard is found.
The six items are editorial observation points tied to tasks, not a uniform risk ranking, probabilities or personal screening thresholds.
Judgment one: are the briefing and whom you support clear?
Judgment two: do the materials and tools match?
Judgment three: are the work face and access routes cleared?
| Helpers--Electricians | Assist electricians with conduit installation, wire pulling and material preparation, producing electrical assistance and clearing records. | Helpers--electricians serve the electrical process fixedly and need to be familiar with electrical materials and safety requirements; this occupation does not carry responsibility for the electrical process or for electrical installation quality. | If you would rather learn electrical materials and conduit installation, look at the helpers--electricians direction; if you would rather do physical and site assistance, look at this occupation. |
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| Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | Assist plumbers and pipelayers with cutting, support and clearing, producing piping assistance and clearing records. | These helpers serve the piping and water supply and drainage process fixedly and need to identify pipe materials and fittings; this occupation only coordinates to the briefing and does not carry responsibility for piping installation quality or testing. | If you would rather learn pipe material identification and piping installation, look at that direction; if you would rather support multiple trades with general physical work, look at this occupation. |
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| Helpers--Roofers | Assist roofers with carrying and laying roofing materials and clearing the work face, producing roofing assistance and clearing records. | Helpers--roofers serve the roofing process fixedly, with work surfaces mostly at height and more affected by weather; this occupation focuses on ground and work face assistance. | If you are willing to accept work at height and follow the roofing process, look at the helpers--roofers direction; if you would rather stay on the ground and on work surfaces, look at this occupation. |
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| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | Operate bulldozers, excavators, motor graders and loaders and other powered construction equipment to excavate, move earth and level, producing equipment operation and maintenance records. | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators are responsible for the safe operation of equipment and the quality of the work face and need machine operation and attachment changing skills; this occupation assists within their work area and keeps clear on signals. | If you would rather learn to operate machines and take responsibility for their condition, look at that direction; if you would rather complete site work with physical effort and small machines, look at this occupation. |
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| Construction Managers | Organize construction and take responsibility for schedule, cost and site safety, producing construction organization plans and schedule and cost reports. | Construction managers are responsible for project schedule, cost and construction organization; this occupation completes on-site assistance work according to the briefing and reports hazards, and does not decide how construction is organized. | If you would rather organize construction and manage schedule and cost, look at the construction managers direction; if you would rather work hands-on on site and make the process in front of you solid, look at this occupation. |
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The six adjacent directions differ in object and authorization: the various construction helpers (helpers--carpenters, helpers--electricians, helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters, helpers--roofers) are each separate in the U.S. classification and serve only one specific trade; operating engineers and other construction equipment operators carry safe equipment operation; construction managers carry construction organization. This entry is called construction laborers and helpers but is resolved to the exact occupation O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00; when comparing, check the position's actual duties item by item against the seven dimensions in the comparison table on this page, and do not merge in the figures of other entries.
If you are torn between two directions, first run a small experiment with a fictional site plan: mark the areas to be cleared and materials prepared that day, the trades to coordinate and the access routes, and the tools you plan to use, then see whether you would rather do general on-site assistance across trades or work fixedly under one type of skilled trade.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Records, statistics, prompts and filing are editorial candidates pending testing; reliability, adoption and the order of substitution were not obtained, and ordinary mechanization is kept separate from generative AI.
Technical availability does not equal employer adoption: whether it is adopted depends on work permits and safety rules, site size and process scheduling, site conditions and the division of responsibility; this page did not obtain adoption-rate data for this occupation.
BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Material preparation and distribution | Load, unload and distribute building materials, machinery and tools to the project plan or specifications | Editorial candidate pending testing: generate a material preparation list and requisition ledger and consolidate material specifications and usage. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | Check specifications and batches, confirm that stacks are stable and prevent passageways from being blocked. |
| Site clearing | Clear and prepare the construction site to remove possible hazards | Editorial candidate pending testing: organize site inspection checklists and hazard photos and generate draft clearing points. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | Check the clearing task you are authorized to do and the site materials, and report doubtful points; responsibility for starting work and safety inspections is checked separately. |
| Excavation and backfill | Dig trenches and foundation pits, backfill and compact and level | Editorial candidate pending testing: prompt excavation dimensions and elevations and count work volume. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | Earthwork backfill is completed according to the approved plan and duties; shoring design and safety decisions are checked separately. |
| Erection and dismantling | Erect and dismantle scaffolding, supports and temporary structures | Editorial candidate pending testing: generate a component list and draft check items. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | U.S. OSHA1926.451(a)(6) requires a qualified person to design scaffolding; (f)(3) requires a competent person to inspect before each shift and after any event affecting integrity; (f)(7) requires erection, moving, dismantling and alteration to be supervised by the corresponding competent person and carried out by trained and experienced employees that person selects. Fall protection measures are checked against the specific scaffold type and applicable conditions and are not decided as usable by ordinary workers on their own; Chinese rules are checked separately. |
| Skilled trade coordination | Assist skilled trades such as carpenters, masons, plasterers, electricians and plumbers | Editorial candidate pending testing: generate draft coordination points and process interface prompts. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | Trade assistance is a supplemental task; coordinate to the specific briefing, training and duties and report doubtful points, and do not automatically judge that all work surfaces meet construction conditions. |
| Equipment coordination | Signal equipment operators to help with positioning and movement | Editorial candidate pending testing: prompt work area isolation points and draft the coordination flow. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | Coordinate to the specific equipment, signals and work area procedures and report doubtful points, and do not write a single signal caller as a uniform rule for all tasks. |
| Records and handover | Record materials used and work performed and complete the shift handover | Editorial candidate pending testing: organize material usage and work information into record and handover drafts. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained. | Confirm that records match reality, and stop work and report when a hazard is found. |
Task context, wage projections, potential exposure, voluntary governance and job posting keywords are read separately; safety provisions are each limited to their jurisdiction and conditions, and no adoption or net effect is inferred.
Below are the editorial candidates pending testing and the responsibility check directions for the three work surfaces; they do not demonstrate reliable deployment, nor do they unify the authority of all trades.
AI primarily changesEditorial candidate pending testing: generate the shift's material preparation list and tool check sheet from templates, consolidate material specifications and usage, and generate a material requisition record draft. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained.
Human responsibility remainsCheck materials and tools against the actual duties, with the boundaries of tool inspection and maintenance release checked separately; ordinary material preparation staff do not automatically gain all safety judgment authority.
AI primarily changesEditorial candidate pending testing: provide prompts for the work face clearing sequence and coordination points, and automatically count work volume and labour and materials used. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained.
Human responsibility remainsCoordinate to the specific authorized process and technical briefing and report doubtful points; excavation and scaffolding inspections are carried out by the personnel named in the rules, and this occupation does not uniformly judge construction conditions.
AI primarily changesEditorial candidate pending testing: organize hazard report drafts and shift handover records and consolidate protection check items. Source materials and specific duties are checked separately; reliability, adoption and net efficiency were not obtained.
Human responsibility remainsSet protection and isolation to the briefing, stop hazardous work and report when a hazard is found, and confirm that records match reality.
The following are editorial material check and pending-test suggestions, not construction operating instructions; specific tasks, inspections and releases are checked against real duties and procedures.
Write down the shift's support objects, material needs and work face scope clearly, and record the known access and hazard conditions.
Use tools to organize the material preparation list, the tool check sheet and the materials ledger, all marked as drafts.
Check site materials against the specific duties and report doubtful points; ordinary workers do not uniformly judge all conditions for starting work.
Earthwork, shoring, backfill and re-checking are carried out according to the specific approved plan and trade duties; this page does not provide dimension or stability design.
When a hazard or dangerous condition is found, stop work and report, and let the authorized position handle it; tool output and automatic prompts do not constitute a conclusion that work may start or be released.
Starting work without confirming the access routes, stacking locations and edges and openings, leading to trips, being struck by falling objects or being crushed against each other in cross work.
Control: Editorial suggestion: check access, work areas and stacking conditions against the actual project duties, and setting isolation and guidance must follow the specific plan; this does not approve the start of work.
Excavating without confirming the location of utilities, cables or old foundations, and cutting a utility so that water or power is lost or gas leaks.
Control: U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title.
Altering or removing edge protection, opening covers or trench supports without authorization during construction, exposing personnel to falls and collapse.
Control: U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title. U.S. OSHA1926.451(a)(6) requires a qualified person to design scaffolding; (f)(3) requires a competent person to inspect before each shift and after any event affecting integrity; (f)(7) requires erection, moving, dismantling and alteration to be supervised by the corresponding competent person and carried out by trained and experienced employees that person selects. Fall protection measures are checked against the specific scaffold type and applicable conditions and are not decided as usable by ordinary workers on their own; Chinese rules are checked separately. Specific alteration and restoration conditions are checked against the actual plan, and immediate restoration is not treated as the uniform handling for all dangerous situations.
Pneumatic breakers, tampers and cutting machines are not inspected or are used for purposes they are not intended for, going out of control or injuring people during work.
Control: U.S. OSHA1926.300(a)(b)(c) requires tools to be kept in a safe condition, guards to be provided at hazardous parts and appropriate PPE to be provided according to exposure; specific machines and continuous work arrangements are checked against actual procedures, and no promise is made that anti-vibration gloves eliminate injury or that a uniform time limit applies to all workers.
Materials stacked beyond limits in passageways or at edges, and leftover materials and tools left on site at the end of the shift.
Control: Check stacking and transfer against project materials, loads and passageway requirements, with record and counting duties checked separately; this page does not give a uniform stacking height limit or automatic release.
First master on-site safety rules and personal protection, drawing reading and layout basics, the use of common hand and small power tools (pneumatic breakers, tampers, mixing and lifting machines), and material identification and handling, then gain hands-on opportunities through mentoring or vocational training; do not treat being able to put in physical effort as the whole threshold, because coordinating with different trades has to be learned anew.
Use digital tools to count materials and record hours, but confirming the work face and checking protection and shoring must still go back to the physical work and the briefing; do not let a record on a phone replace on-site verification.
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with more than 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt. The actual reliability of auxiliary prompts and monitoring was not obtained, and safety duties are checked against the real jurisdiction and project.
Fill in the process and material knowledge of that trade (such as carpentry, electrical, piping and roofing) and demonstrate readiness with verifiable outputs (carpentry assistance records, electrical assistance records, piping assistance records, roofing assistance records); helper positions are equally responsible for coordinating and clearing that process.
This round did not obtain the overall degree of substitution, actual reliability or net effect for this occupation, and no job retention guarantee is given; safety duties are checked against the real task jurisdiction. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
Source: O*NET47-2061 tasks; current BLS table 1.2 for this occupationOriginal source ↗
The frozen identity is kept, and the existing catalog.v2 maps exactly to 47-2061.00; the separate helper occupations are not merged in. The current BLS OOH lists each helper's median wage and employment projection directly, so they can be read by code and are not back-inferred from the group or copied from this occupation's figures.
Source: The existing catalog.v2 exact mapping of this slug to 47-2061; the current BLS OOH direct rows for each helperOriginal source ↗
On-site safety, drawing reading and layout, tools and materials, and coordination correspond to the tasks; software word frequency does not prove that all positions are free of programming. Specific scripts, digital devices and skill depth are checked against the actual employer.
Source: O*NET 47-2061.00 technology list and official tasksOriginal source ↗
Counting, recording, layout materials, work volume and hazard filing are editorial candidates pending testing; reliability and net effect were not obtained, and no conclusion is given on automation difficulty or the order of substitution.
Source: O*NET 47-2061.00 tasks and detailed work activitiesOriginal source ↗
2025 national annual percentiles for this occupation are 35,090/38,620/47,120/59,740/78,090 dollars, with a median hourly wage of 22.66 dollars. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
Source: O*NET national wages for this occupation; BLS for this occupation and the OOH group read separatelyOriginal source ↗
The overall degree of substitution, actual adoption or net effect were not obtained; positioning, monitoring and mechanization do not automatically equal generative AI, nor do they directly prove that the burden is reduced. U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title.
Source: O*NET task context; applicable OSHA safety rules; NIST voluntary frameworkOriginal source ↗
Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain material supporting a disappearance year for this occupation, and no timeline is provided.
Source: ILO potential exposure and BLS projections are not converted into a disappearance yearOriginal source ↗
Editorial suggestion: check material preparation, ledgers, lists and handover drafts in an approved test environment; site, utility, shoring and restoration work are checked against the real chain of responsibility, and actual adoption, reliability and net effect are still missing.
92,036 yuan/year (2025; pre-tax industry background, not an occupation wage)
66,275 yuan/year (2025; pre-tax industry background, not an occupation wage)
Insufficient evidence: the median, percentiles, starting wage and job posting quote distribution for this occupation in China were not obtained; the two industry averages are not used to fill in.
The 2025 construction industry wages were checked, and no distribution listed separately for this occupation was obtained.
| Educational background | Job direction | Notes and verification suggestions |
|---|---|---|
| Basic education requirements are checked against the actual employer | General laborer, material preparation and clearing positions at labor subcontractors and construction companies | Current O*NET new-hire education requirements are 35% high school and 33% less than high school, listing only part of the distribution and not the number of current workers or a complete proportion; Zone1–2/SVP below 6 is a preparation level, and the zone-level training description is not a period of independent work for an individual. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation typically requires no formal educational credential, no related experience and short-term OJT, which cannot be treated as the threshold in China or for all employers. The OOH group mostly learns on the job, and some apprenticeships are checked separately by program. |
| Secondary vocational school or higher vocational college (construction engineering technology, building equipment, municipal engineering and related majors) | Material management, survey layout assistance and crew assistance positions at construction companies | Related secondary and higher vocational majors are an editorial preparation suggestion; samples of what most positions in China require were not obtained, and this is not called more common or the only threshold. |
| Trade skills and basic background are checked against the target position | Specialized trade work positions or assistance positions for the corresponding skilled trade | Specific trade training and qualifications are checked against the applicable jurisdiction; Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with at least 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt. |
| Special operations qualification in building construction (limited to applicable trades) | The specific trade catalogue and the conditions for safety assistance positions are checked separately | Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with at least 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt. |
Note: not obtaining a figure listed separately for this occupation does not mean it was never published officially; this page registers only the scope actually consulted and the result, and does not fill in with industry averages or U.S. data.
Site, earthwork and material coordination are task-corresponding editorial scenarios; supplemental scaffolding tasks require trade and qualification checks, and no domestic employer share is given.
Decoration and installation coordination is an editorial scenario; domestic position frequency was not obtained.
Project crews are an editorial scenario; labor services are not uniformly assigned to the construction industry by individual tasks.
AI adoption, net effect and wage causality for this occupation in China were not obtained in this round; counting and records are candidates pending testing.
| 50th percentile | 47,120 dollars/year (median, 2025 wage data) | Not converted into individual monthly income | The 50th percentile is the median, meaning half of those employed earn more than this value and half less; it does not represent a fixed wage at a particular employer or position. |
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| 90th percentile | 78,090 dollars/year (90th percentile) | Not converted into individual take-home pay | The 90th percentile is a position in the distribution, not a grade; differences by trade, crew leading and project were not obtained. |
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Wage · 10th percentile：35,090 dollars/year (10th percentile)；The 10th percentile annual wage published on the O*NET national wages page (2025 wage data)； this position means that 10% of those employed earn no more than this value and it does not represent a starting wage for newcomers；O*NET national wages page (47-2061.00)
Wage · 25th percentile：38,620 dollars/year (25th percentile)；The 25th percentile annual wage published on the O*NET national wages page； this position is a point in the statistical distribution, not an experience level；O*NET national wages page (47-2061.00)
Wage · median：47,120 dollars/year (median)；The median published on the O*NET national wages page, where the page also states the median hourly wage as 22.66 dollars； it is the middle of the distribution, not an individual starting wage or take-home income；O*NET national wages page (47-2061.00)
Wage · 75th percentile：59,740 dollars/year (75th percentile)；The 75th percentile annual wage published on the O*NET national wages page； this position is a point in the statistical distribution and does not represent a promotion level；O*NET national wages page (47-2061.00)
Wage · 90th percentile：78,090 dollars/year (90th percentile)；78,090 dollars is the 2025 90th percentile for this occupation； wages broken down by trade and crew leading were not obtained, and the percentile is not interpreted as a grade.
The median is not a starting wage for newcomers; this round did not obtain the differences that trade, project and region make to the actual starting wage.
No. Percentiles are statistical positions, and there is no information on individual working hours or regional differences, so individual monthly income or after-tax take-home income cannot be derived.
2025 wages for the employed in this occupation and current BLS total projections for this occupation; the OOH construction laborers and helpers group is marked separately.
Trade and process, project type and work environment, region and employment arrangement; detailed figures for these factors were not obtained on this page and must follow the target employer's rules for the relevant year and official regional data.
| Industry | Employment share for that industry (not the industry median wage) | How to understand this value |
|---|---|---|
| Construction | 62% (employment share) | Current O*NET industry employment shares are construction 62% and other 38% (including administrative and support services), and the page gives no exact year; the two are not split and neither is an industry wage. |
| All other industries combined (including administrative and support services) | 38% (employment share) | Current O*NET industry employment shares are construction 62% and other 38% (including administrative and support services), and the page gives no exact year; the two are not split and neither is an industry wage. |
| Not obtained (breakdown of other industries) | Insufficient evidence: the current industry page does not break down the other 38%, and the page gives no exact year. | This row notes that the source discloses only two employment share categories and does not break down other industries, and the gap is registered per the rules. |
| Not obtained (industry wages) | Insufficient evidence: the industry-specific median wage for this occupation was not obtained (United States, 2025 wage data period) | This row notes that the source discloses only industry employment shares and not industry wages, and the gap is registered per the rules. |
Trade and crew leading duties are wage breakdown dimensions suggested for checking; actual differences were not obtained, and a higher percentile cannot be asserted.
Project and work environment are wage dimensions suggested for checking; the difference for this occupation and the pay structure statistics were not obtained.
Region, employer and employment arrangement are suggested for item-by-item checking; the current national percentiles do not quantify wage differences for each factor.
BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000； the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000； the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
Average annual openings include replacement and are not the same as the published net increase of 109,300 people or the 2035 employment of 1,598,600.
Which Holland type fits construction laborers and helpers (merged occupation) better?
The current O*NET details page interest R100/C44/I28/A6/E6/S4, where the top three R, C and I form the activity profile, not a share of people or an individual hiring threshold; the R and C in the historical summary are kept only for consumers that are not authorized.
Do not use it this way: Treating the interest code as a hiring or competence standard lacks source support.
Test my Holland occupational interestsWhich Big Five traits are more relevant to this job?
Regression evidence on personality and job performance for this occupation was not obtained; outdoor, noise, contact and signal tasks are context, not a personality threshold or a uniform signal rule for all work.
Do not use it this way: Treating personality test scores as a hiring or competence standard has no basis.
See my Big Five personality traitsWhich MBTI type suits construction laborers and helpers (merged occupation) best?
MBTI is a type preference tool, and this page has no verifiable evidence that a particular type is better suited to this occupation; whether it suits you depends on whether you can coordinate to the briefing and take responsibility for site safety, which has no fixed relationship with introversion or extroversion.
Do not use it this way: Setting limits for yourself or others with four letters lacks a basis.
Understand my MBTI preferencesWhich Enneagram type fits construction laborers and helpers (merged occupation) better?
The Enneagram is not an occupational fit assessment: it describes motivation and emotional patterns, cannot be used to judge suitability for this occupation, and does not constitute a basis for hiring or promotion.
Do not use it this way: Do not use type labels in place of judging coordination awareness and safety habits.
Explore my Enneagram patternIf my IQ or math is not strong, can I work as a construction laborer or helper (merged occupation)?
This occupation requires understanding technical briefings and simple drawings, checking materials and dimensions against layout marks, and promptly reporting site hazards; the basic skills listed in the O*NET details include speaking, active listening, critical thinking and reading comprehension, and this page has no evidence of an IQ threshold.
Do not use it this way: Treating one test score as a career ceiling lacks source support.
Understand my intelligence and reasoning performanceDoes working as a construction laborer or helper (merged occupation) require high emotional intelligence?
Face-to-face discussion, contact and signal coordination are observable tasks; the validity of emotional intelligence for this occupation and the causal amount that communication has on accidents and rework were not obtained, and no emotional intelligence threshold is set.
Do not use it this way: Treating emotional intelligence as the only threshold and ignoring safety rules and basic skills.
Understand my emotional intelligence abilitiesFits better when: You are willing to stay with carpenters on one type of process over the long term and learn carpentry materials.
Watch for: Not willing to work fixedly within the process of a single trade.
Explore related career: Helpers--CarpentersFits better when: You are willing to learn to identify electrical materials and the basic safety requirements.
Watch for: Not willing to take on the safety risks and material requirements of electrical work.
Explore related career: Helpers--ElectriciansFits better when: You are willing to learn to identify pipe materials and fittings and to support piping installation.
Watch for: Not willing to touch the preparation work for pipe prefabrication and pressure testing.
Explore related career: Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersFits better when: You are willing to accept work at height and follow the roofing process.
Watch for: Unable to accept work at height and work surfaces strongly affected by weather.
Explore related career: Helpers--RoofersFits better when: You are willing to learn surface materials and protective measures and to pursue appearance quality.
Watch for: Not willing to repeatedly prepare and clear over long hours in dusty and wet work environments.
Explore related career: Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco MasonsFits better when: You would rather prepare and transfer materials indoors in a fixed location.
Watch for: Not willing to accept the repeated pace of work inside a plant.
Explore related career: Production helpersWhat matters more is being willing to prepare materials and clear to the briefing, being willing to cooperate with others, and being used to recording materials used and work performed truthfully and stopping and reporting when a hazard is found; this is not a personality label but behaviour that can be observed in real work.
No evidence for this occupation makes introversion a bar to entry; specific communication, coordination and safety tasks are checked through actual observation, and no personality hiring conclusion is given.
No evidence for this occupation shows that extroversion brings a coordination advantage; readiness is observed through specific tasks and coordination, with no personality threshold.
No evidence supports that a particular type is best suited to this occupation. MBTI is a type preference tool, and this page gives no type conclusion and does not use type for hiring or fit judgments.
The current O*NET details page interest R100/C44/I28/A6/E6/S4, where the top three R, C and I form the activity profile, not a share of people or an individual hiring threshold; the R and C in the historical summary are kept only for consumers that are not authorized.
It cannot predict on its own. Personality tests lack evidence of predictive validity for this occupation, and actual performance depends on physical ability and coordination, safety awareness and on-site judgment, which must be observed in real work.
For this occupation, mathematics knowledge 30, mathematics skill 25, mathematical reasoning 25 and number facility 22 are occupational importance values, not an individual math score or a course threshold for all positions. Observe through drawing reading, layout and material checking tasks.
A high level of emotional intelligence is not required as a threshold. What matters more is confirming instructions under noise and schedule pressure and actively keeping clear in cross work; these abilities can be improved through training and review.
No. The Enneagram is not an occupational fit assessment and has no predictive validity for this occupation; use actual tasks and site experience to judge.
Self-check with three fictional outputs: a shift material preparation and tool check list, a site assistance and clearing record, and a material usage and handover record; the direction you can complete independently and explain the basis for is more worth investing in first.
How to reduce risk：Patrol the passageways and work face before starting work, leave space for material stacking, and set isolation and guidance to the briefing.
Evidence：O*NET 47-2061.00 occupation details (tasks and work context) · O*NET 47-2061.00 work context section
Typical scenario：Excavating without confirming the location of utilities, cables or old foundations, and cutting a utility so that water or power is lost or gas leaks.
Roles most affected：Construction laborers and helpers, site coordination personnel and workers in adjacent trades
Possible consequence：Nearby water or power outages or gas leaks, interrupting work and possibly causing personal injury and property loss.
How to reduce risk：U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title.
Evidence：O*NET 47-2061.00 occupation details (tasks and work context) · O*NET 47-2061.00 work context section
Typical scenario：Removing or altering edge protection, opening covers or trench supports without authorization during construction and not restoring them in time.
Roles most affected：Construction laborers and helpers, site coordination personnel and workers in adjacent trades
Possible consequence：Falls or earthwork injuries may occur; specific medical consequences are assessed by professionals and no probability is given for this occupation.
How to reduce risk：U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title. U.S. OSHA1926.451(a)(6) requires a qualified person to design scaffolding; (f)(3) requires a competent person to inspect before each shift and after any event affecting integrity; (f)(7) requires erection, moving, dismantling and alteration to be supervised by the corresponding competent person and carried out by trained and experienced employees that person selects. Fall protection measures are checked against the specific scaffold type and applicable conditions and are not decided as usable by ordinary workers on their own; Chinese rules are checked separately. Alteration and restoration are checked against the actual plan and are not approved by assistance personnel on their own.
Evidence：O*NET 47-2061.00 work context section · O*NET 47-2061.00 occupation details (tasks and work context)
Typical scenario：Pneumatic breakers, tampers and cutting machines are not inspected or are used for purposes they are not intended for, going out of control or injuring people during work.
Roles most affected：Construction laborers and helpers, site coordination personnel and workers in adjacent trades
Possible consequence：Contact with machines or injury from flying debris may occur; the vibration injury incidence rate of this occupation was not obtained, and specific exposure and health evaluation are checked separately.
How to reduce risk：U.S. OSHA1926.300(a)(b)(c) requires tools to be kept in a safe condition, guards to be provided at hazardous parts and appropriate PPE to be provided according to exposure; specific machines and continuous work arrangements are checked against actual procedures, and no promise is made that anti-vibration gloves eliminate injury or that a uniform time limit applies to all workers.
Evidence：O*NET 47-2061.00 occupation details (tasks and work context) · O*NET 47-2061.00 work context section
Typical scenario：Long-term exposure to dust and high noise without protection, or carrying materials that are too heavy by hand with poor posture.
Roles most affected：Construction laborers and helpers, site coordination personnel and workers in adjacent trades
Possible consequence：Dust and noise may bring occupational health risks, and specific exposure and health evaluation are checked separately; context proportions are not disease incidence rates.
How to reduce risk：U.S. OSHA1926.1153 limits applicable crystalline silica exposure; (c) requires engineering controls, work practices and applicable respiratory protection for the specific tasks in table 1, or an alternative exposure assessment or control under (d); (g) requires a written employer control plan and the corresponding checks; (h) free medical surveillance is limited to employees who under that section must wear a respirator for 30 days or more per year, and is not a uniform periodic medical examination for all construction laborers. Noise control and Chinese occupational health are checked separately. Material carrying is checked against the actual load and hazard assessment, and no single posture is guaranteed to prevent injury.
Evidence：O*NET 47-2061.00 work context section · O*NET 47-2061.00 occupation details (tasks and work context)
Typical scenario：Materials stacked beyond limits in passageways or at edges, and leftover materials and tools left on site at the end of the shift.
Roles most affected：Construction laborers and helpers, site coordination personnel and workers in adjacent trades
Possible consequence：Falling materials, blocked passageways and handover leftovers are editorial risk scenarios, not a certainty of work stoppage or a probability of injury.
How to reduce risk：Check stacking, transfer and counting against project material specifications, loads and passageway requirements, and no general height limit or approval to resume construction is provided.
Evidence：O*NET 47-2061.00 occupation details (tasks and work context) · O*NET 47-2061.00 work context section
| Editorial preparation direction / adjacent role | What you mainly do at the start | Ability materials the editorial suggestion checks | Can demonstrate simulation or authorized practice | Difference from other directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site general laborer | Prepare materials, clear the work face and support one or two trades under guidance. | Site entry safety training, personal protective equipment use, understanding on-site instructions. | An assistance work record including material preparation and clearing records. | Focused on execution and coordination, and usually does not independently take on process quality. |
| Multi-trade helper | Complete material preparation, clearing, earthwork and records under the authorized task and plan, without uniformly granting independent shoring or approval to start work. | Drawing reading and layout basics, tool and small machine use, elevation and compaction control. | An assistance work record including layout and elevation re-checking. | Take responsibility for the assistance quality and compaction quality of your own work surface. |
| Specialized trade helper | Complete process assistance, material preparation and clearing to the requirements of one type of skilled trade and support acceptance. | Process and material knowledge of that trade, acceptance standards, safe operation. | A trade assistance and acceptance coordination record. | Take responsibility for the quality of process assistance within the assigned scope. |
| Materials clerk | Check material ledgers, plans and loss against the actual appointment duties, with authority to sign off acceptance checked separately. | Material identification and ledgers, materials usage planning and loss accounting, stacking and height limit requirements. | A materials usage plan and loss analysis record. | Take responsibility for the accuracy of material ledgers and loss data. |
| Crew safety assistance position | Assist with pre-shift briefings, check protective equipment and track problem rectification. | Safety rules, use of checklists, hazard registration and closing the rectification loop. | A pre-shift briefing and protection check record. | Oriented to compliance and prevention, and does not sign in place of the authorized position. |
The education levels and position shares of actual employers in China were not obtained; related majors are only an editorial preparation suggestion and are not called common or more common.
Current O*NET new-hire education requirements are 35% high school and 33% less than high school, listing only part of the distribution and not the number of current workers or a complete proportion; Zone1–2/SVP below 6 is a preparation level, and the zone-level training description is not a period of independent work for an individual. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation typically requires no formal educational credential, no related experience and short-term OJT, which cannot be treated as the threshold in China or for all employers. The OOH group mostly learns on the job, and some apprenticeships are checked separately by program.
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with at least 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt.
Parts of the Order No. 60 system have been checked; the specific trade catalogue, local materials and other equipment conditions were not checked item by item, which does not mean there are no requirements.
Can check and distribute materials by specification and batch, can state the shift's support objects and access routes, can control dimensions and elevations against layout marks, can backfill in layers and compact properly, and can fill in material and assistance records truthfully (from O*NET tasks and detailed work activities).
Fictional scenario: during the decoration stage of a six-story residential building, one day requires preparing materials for the electrician and plumber crews, clearing the work face, and helping tidy the site and return materials after external scaffolding is dismantled; there is a marked temporary power line on the third floor of the building.
Materials provided: a floor plan and a temporary power line diagram; the day's material requirement list (conduit, pipe fittings, mortar, bricks and returnable materials); a tool and machine list and a diagram of the work area access routes.
Materials not provided: the distribution box location and shutdown arrangements for the temporary power line, the external scaffolding dismantling sequence and exclusion zone, and the requirements for returning leftover materials and handing over the storage yard. If these conditions are needed in the exercise, state your assumptions and who you need to confirm them with.
Write a one-page shift assistance work plan: including site and access confirmation items, a material and tool list, the coordination sequence and signal method, protection and hazard handling, material and handover record items, and who to confirm with.
The plan must state which conditions you have verified and which are still assumptions, and explain how you handle a hazard when you find one.
The plan should include: site confirmation (access routes, the external scaffolding exclusion zone, the person who confirms the temporary power line and distribution box position), materials and tools (checking conduit and pipe fitting specifications and batches against the list, the stacking height for mortar and bricks, checks of common tools and small machines), coordination sequence and signals (confirming the process order with the two crews first, coordinating lifting and transfer on a single signal), protection and hazards (checking edge and opening protection, stopping and reporting if it has been altered) and records and handover (requisition and loss entries, returning leftover materials and counting tools) and who to confirm with (the electrician crew leader, the external scaffolding dismantling lead, the materials clerk).
Deliverable: a material preparation list for a fictional site, including material specifications and quantities, who the materials are requisitioned for, and tool and machine check items.
The list must state whether each item is based on the drawings, the technical briefing or on-site confirmation.
Deliverable: a work record including the work face clearing sequence, the support objects and process, and the results of access and protection checks.
The record must state the difference between measurements and assumptions and how the re-checking was done.
Deliverable: a one-page record stating requisition and loss, the count of leftover materials and tools, and shift handover items.
Deliverable: a one-page statement listing the tools, small machines and survey layout tools you have used and their purposes; real project drawings, temporary power records or construction records must not be included.
| Stage | What may be assessed | Observation evidence | Boundaries of use |
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| Practical assessment | Whether material preparation, clearing or process coordination can be completed to the briefing with the safety points explained. | Process records of the practical work and examiner observation. | A single employer's assessment process does not represent a uniform industry examination. |
| Scenario questions | Whether, given the work face and access conditions, the clearing sequence, coordination method and hazard handling can be stated. | Answer records and explanations of the basis under follow-up questions. |
Find a public construction site safety procedure or site entry safety education material, mark three requirements related to personal protection, edges and openings, and hazard reporting, and write down the points you want to confirm.
Using the day's requirement list for a fictional site, write down the site conditions to confirm (trades to support, access routes, material stacking locations) and the material parameters to check.
Prepare a material preparation list for each of the two crews you support and write down the tools and check items each needs, noting which materials must be checked by batch.
Write the shift's coordination sequence (who goes first, which processes cannot run at the same time) and the signal method during equipment work, and note which steps require stopping to confirm.
Write the work face clearing sequence, the stacking height limit for materials and the practice for keeping access clear, and the clearing checks before finishing each day.
| Qualification / status | Mainly suitable for whom | Realistic role in job seeking | Whether it is a general entry threshold | Application / registration conditions | Level of investment | Important limits |
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| Junior high school or high school (some positions do not require education) | People planning to enter site general laborer or material carrying positions | Basic education is an editorial preparation direction; samples of what most positions in China require were not obtained. | Varies greatly between employers, not a uniform national threshold | Per the target employer's recruitment notice for the relevant year |
Typical scope：Prepare materials, clear the work face and support one or two trades under guidance, and use protective equipment correctly
Readiness evidence：An assistance work record including material preparation and clearing records
Credential boundary：Site entry safety training and personal protective equipment use (per the employer's notice)
Next moves：Complete coordination on one work surface under authorized duties
Typical scope：Complete material preparation, clearing and earthwork coordination records according to the specific approved plan, without uniformly granting independent construction or a decision that work may start.
Readiness evidence：An assistance work record including layout and elevation re-checking
Credential boundary：Drawing reading and layout basics and common tool and machine training
Next moves：Support one type of skilled trade fixedly
Typical scope：Complete process assistance, material preparation and clearing to that trade's requirements, support acceptance and rectify as required
Readiness evidence：A trade assistance and acceptance coordination record
Credential boundary：Process and material training for a type of skilled trade
Next moves：Take part in crew leading and guiding newcomers
Typical scope：Arrange the division of labour and handover under actual crew leading duties, with technical briefing and safety inspection authority checked separately.
Readiness evidence：A shift division of labour and safety briefing record
Credential boundary：Crew management and safety briefing training (per employer rules)
Next moves：Move toward materials management or safety management
Typical scope：Check specifications, batches and ledgers under authorized material assistance duties, with authority to sign off material acceptance checked separately.
Readiness evidence：A record of materials entering and leaving and stacking
Credential boundary：Material identification and ledger basics (per the employer's notice)
Next moves：Independently responsible for one type of material ledger
Typical scope：Prepare the shift's materials usage plan, track loss and check leftover materials, adjusting to the process schedule
Readiness evidence：A materials usage plan and loss analysis record
Credential boundary：Material planning and loss accounting training
Next moves：Take part in the allocation of returnable materials and equipment
Typical scope：Coordinate materials, returnable materials and machine allocation and control loss and tie-up
Readiness evidence：A statement of material allocation and loss control
Materials management and on-site coordination training
Typical scope：Assist with pre-shift briefings, check protective equipment and register personnel in and out
Readiness evidence：A pre-shift briefing and protection check record
Credential boundary：Site entry safety training and hazard identification methods (per the employer's notice)
Next moves：Learn to understand specific hazardous work plans and briefings, and do not approve them on your own
Typical scope：Register doubtful points and track them under the specific inspection assistance duties; a general checklist does not approve shoring or acceptance.
Readiness evidence：A checklist and rectification tracking record
Credential boundary：Safety rules and quality acceptance standards training
Next moves：Take part in the acceptance of individual work items
Typical scope：Organize coordination under actual site management duties, with inspection, design and release authority checked separately.
Readiness evidence：A work organization and safety measures statement
Can complete the shift's assistance under guidance: prepare materials to the briefing, clear the work face and support one or two trades, wear and use protective equipment correctly, and fill in assistance records truthfully.
Editorial ability direction: complete material preparation, clearing, earthwork and equipment coordination records under authorized duties, without a promise to independently take on all excavation or protection inspections.
Can support one type of trade fixedly: follow one skilled trade to complete process assistance and material preparation, deliver to that process's requirements and support acceptance.
Editorial development direction: arrange material preparation and clearing and give guidance under actual crew leading duties, with technical briefing and safety inspection duties checked separately.
7.3%／+109,300／120,000 for the growth rate, published net increase and average annual openings of this occupation (2025—2035)
Employment growth and average annual openings
BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
Does not establish：Employment projections are not a personal employment guarantee; growth rate, net change figure and average annual openings are different indicators; the growth of each helper entry is checked separately against its own page.
Global · Cross-economy task-level research (not single-country official statistics)
The research provides a measurement framework for task exposure; it does not provide a single-occupation score, adoption rate or replacement date for this occupation.
Task-level generative AI exposure (research framework)
Potential exposure does not equal reliable automation, adoption or job change, and ordinary mechanization and generative AI are checked separately.
Does not establish：Cross-economy research cannot be directly converted into employment change for a country or a disappearance time for a position.
Mainland China · GB/T4754-2017 construction 47 housing, 48 civil engineering (PDF57 / printed 51 pages), 49 installation and 50 decoration etc. (PDF58 / printed 52 pages) are used for the industry background of construction units; by the unit's main business, not directly determining the industry by an individual's work, and not proving one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and U.S. occupations.
2025 average annual wages of urban non-private units in construction were 92,036 yuan and of private units 66,275 yuan, each a pre-tax industry average that includes other occupations; this is not a construction laborer range, median, percentile or starting wage. Read it by the unit's main business, and it cannot cover all labor service providers or other internal positions.
Construction industry wage background (by the unit's main business)
Construction employer industry background and the exact-occupation gap are kept separate.
Does not establish：2025 average annual wages of urban non-private units in construction were 92,036 yuan and of private units 66,275 yuan, each a pre-tax industry average that includes other occupations; this is not a construction laborer range, median, percentile or starting wage. Read it by the unit's main business, and it cannot cover all labor service providers or other internal positions. GB/T4754-2017 construction 47 housing, 48 civil engineering (PDF57 / printed 51 pages), 49 installation and 50 decoration etc. (PDF58 / printed 52 pages) are used for the industry background of construction units; by the unit's main business, not directly determining the industry by an individual's work, and not proving one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and U.S. occupations.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Site carrying, clearing and safety procedure experience.
Build next：Requires mortar and block carrying, cutting assistance and clearing ability; the current BLS OOH lists this separate occupation 47-3011 directly, with 2025→2035 employment 14,100→12,500, a published net change of -1,700 people, rounded -12%, and a 2025 median annual wage of 47,550 dollars. These are not figures for 47-2061 or for all helpers, are not back-inferred from the group, and openings are not listed here.
View career profileTransfers：Drawing reading basics, tool use and on-site coordination.
Build next：Requires carpentry material identification, passing materials, holding work straight and formwork clearing ability; the current BLS OOH lists this separate occupation 47-3012 directly, with 2025→2035 employment 21,900→21,500, a published net change of -400 people, rounded -2%, and a 2025 median annual wage of 43,780 dollars. These are not figures for 47-2061 or for all helpers, are not back-inferred from the group, and openings are not listed here.
View career profileTransfers：On-site coordination and safety protection experience.
Build next：Requires electrical material identification, conduit installation and wire pulling assistance and work face clearing ability; the current BLS OOH lists this separate occupation 47-3013 directly, with 2025→2035 employment 65,000→65,400, a published net change of 400 people, rounded 1%, and a 2025 median annual wage of 42,670 dollars. These are not figures for 47-2061 or for all helpers, are not back-inferred from the group, and openings are not listed here.
View career profileTransfers：Clearing and protection experience, and dust protection awareness.
Build next：Requires surface material identification, protection and clearing ability; the current BLS OOH lists this separate occupation 47-3014 directly, with 2025→2035 employment 7,600→7,700, a published net change of 100 people, rounded 1%, and a 2025 median annual wage of 40,470 dollars. These are not figures for 47-2061 or for all helpers, are not back-inferred from the group, and openings are not listed here.
View career profileTransfers：Material identification and excavation and backfill coordination experience.
Build next：Requires pipe material and fitting identification, cutting and support assistance ability; the current BLS OOH lists this separate occupation 47-3015 directly, with 2025→2035 employment 45,300→46,400, a published net change of 1,100 people, rounded 2%, and a 2025 median annual wage of 42,360 dollars. These are not figures for 47-2061 or for all helpers, are not back-inferred from the group, and openings are not listed here.
View career profileTransfers：Material carrying and work at height protection awareness.
Build next：Requires roofing material carrying, laying assistance and work at height protection ability; the current BLS OOH lists this separate occupation 47-3016 directly, with 2025→2035 employment 6,100→6,100, a published net change of 0 people, rounded 0%, and a 2025 median annual wage of 44,160 dollars. These are not figures for 47-2061 or for all helpers, are not back-inferred from the group, and openings are not listed here.
View career profileTransfers：Material carrying, equipment coordination and record keeping habits.
Build next：Requires assisting production processes inside a plant with material preparation, transfer and clearing; this entry is a separate occupation and its work environment differs from this occupation.
View career profileTransfers：Site experience, personnel coordination and safety procedures.
Build next：Requires directly assigning and coordinating the work of helpers, laborers and hand material movers, and being responsible for site order and safety.
View career profileSome information and support tasks will be taken over by tools (material counting and usage statistics, hours records, layout data organization, hazard photo reporting), but judging whether work face conditions are safe, deciding the coordination method from the briefing, identifying hazards on site and stopping, and keeping clear in cross work still rest with authorized personnel; the U.S. employment figures on this page use the exact occupation scope (2024—2034 much faster than average 7% or higher) and cannot be used to infer the degree of replacement.
Material counting and usage statistics, hours and attendance records, layout data organization, equipment work volume statistics, hazard photo reporting, process scheduling prompts; tasks that require on-site confirmation of work face conditions, deciding the coordination method from the briefing, and making safety trade-offs in cramped and at-height work are not easily fully automated.
Judging on site whether the work face and access routes are ready to start, coordinating to the briefing and the pace of the skilled trades, identifying hazards in noisy and dusty environments, and making the stop-work decision and bearing responsibility when something is abnormal.
The 2025 wage data published on the O*NET national wages page are: median annual wage 47,120 dollars (hourly 22.66 dollars), with the 10／25／75／90 percentiles at 35,090／38,620／59,740／78,090 dollars. Employment was about 1,457,000 in 2024, growth over 2024—2034 is much faster than average (7% or higher), and average annual openings are about 129,400; the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook publishes a 2025—2035 scope for the broader construction laborers and helpers occupational group (1,674,400 people, 6%, +108,600 people, about 137,000 openings). The two scopes cover different ranges of positions and cannot be mixed or used to back-infer the figures of each helper entry.
U.S. scope: the preparation level is Job Zone 1-2 (usually a high school diploma or equivalent is required, some positions have no requirement; on-the-job training ranges from a few days to a year); the O*NET summary page lists only two respondent proportions for education needs (35% require a high school diploma or equivalent, 33% require less than a high school diploma) and does not publish a complete distribution; the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook (occupational group scope) notes that workers mainly learn on the job and that a formal credential is usually not required. Requirements in mainland China follow the target employer's recruitment notice for the relevant year.
This page does not provide a mandatory qualification list; the U.S. certification search lists dozens of candidate certifications related to construction skills (mainly from bodies such as the National Center for Construction Education and Research and the Scaffold & Access Industry Association, including scaffolding erection and concrete and safety work certifications), which can serve as evidence of ability; some trades and special operations positions in China also require training and assessment or a certificate to work. Work authorization is set by employers and the competent authorities.
It is realistic. Common entry points are site general laborer, material carrying or crew assistance positions; people with other trade or site experience can move in using that experience, but they need to fill in safety rules, personal protection and process coordination skills, and complete site entry safety education or the corresponding training as the employer requires.
The interest code published on the O*NET summary page is RC, made up of Realistic and Conventional, corresponding to hands-on site work and to working to procedure and recording truthfully; the code describes activity types and does not predict job performance.
This evidence route registers occupation-level wages for mainland China as not obtained (public wage statistics are published aggregated by industry category or broad personnel group, and no occupation detail corresponding one-to-one with O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00 has been established), so this page keeps only the visible gap and does not fill it with industry averages, the parent occupation or U.S. data.
The O*NET national wages page and summary page provide the exact occupation scope for this occupation, 47-2061.00 (wages are 2025 wage data, employment and projections are for 2024 and 2024—2034); the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook publishes the outlook and wages for the broader construction laborers and helpers occupational group for 2025—2035 (46,680 dollars／1,674,400 people／6%), and that group includes each separate helper occupation, so it cannot be added to this page's scope or substituted for it.
No. The practice materials and scenarios are fictional and are used to test site confirmation, material preparation coordination and work organization; they do not constitute hiring, a qualification judgment or authorization to work on a real construction site. For real projects, follow the rules of your organization and the competent authorities.
This round of nine modules read O*NET47-2061 task context, education and interests and the 2025 national wages for this occupation, together with the BLS2025—2035 total projections for this occupation; the OOH group is listed separately. The domestic industry background and the Order No. 60, U.S. excavation, scaffolding, tool and crystalline silica rules are each limited to their conditions. This slug is mapped exactly to 47-2061 by the existing catalog.v2, and the current wage and outlook figures for each helper are taken from the direct OOH rows.
The revision date of this round's nine-module read is 2026-10-09; historical sources that were not reopened keep their original access dates, and no claim is made that the whole page is updated.
The main sources are public O*NET OnLine pages (occupation details, summary, industry distribution, technology list, preparation levels, related occupations, national wages page and the summary page of each helper), the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and OEWS methodology, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements for respirable crystalline silica and other safety and health matters on construction sites, International Labour Organization research on generative AI and work exposure, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and the National Bureau of Statistics publication on average annual wages of urban unit employees together with the publication of the Occupational Classification Code of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition).
Limitations：The details page currently includes some education proportions 35/33 and interest dimensions; importance is not frequency, and context is not injury or illness rates.
Limitations：Supports a median annual wage of 47,120 dollars (hourly 22.66 dollars, 2025), employment of 1,457,000 (2024), 2024—2034 growth of much faster than average (7% or higher), 129,400 average annual openings, the interest code RC, the principal industry (construction) and education need respondent proportions (35% require a high school diploma or equivalent, 33% require less than a high school diploma); the page does not list projected 2034 employment or the net change figure separately.
Limitations：Current O*NET industry employment shares are construction 62% and other 38% (including administrative and support services), and the page gives no exact year; the two are not split and neither is an industry wage.
Limitations：Of the 7 software items in 2025 U.S. Lightcast job postings, Excel, Office, Outlook and Word are each below 1%, while Revit, Windows and Primavera are NA, not 0; mention rate is not proficiency, actual adoption or AI deployment, and Revit does not therefore become a threshold for all positions.
Limitations：Current O*NET new-hire education requirements are 35% high school and 33% less than high school, listing only part of the distribution and not the number of current workers or a complete proportion; Zone1–2/SVP below 6 is a preparation level, and the zone-level training description is not a period of independent work for an individual. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation typically requires no formal educational credential, no related experience and short-term OJT, which cannot be treated as the threshold in China or for all employers. The OOH group mostly learns on the job, and some apprenticeships are checked separately by program.
Limitations：Current O*NET new-hire education requirements are 35% high school and 33% less than high school, listing only part of the distribution and not the number of current workers or a complete proportion; Zone1–2/SVP below 6 is a preparation level, and the zone-level training description is not a period of independent work for an individual. BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation typically requires no formal educational credential, no related experience and short-term OJT, which cannot be treated as the threshold in China or for all employers. The OOH group mostly learns on the job, and some apprenticeships are checked separately by program. Current O*NET35 certification candidates and 6 registered apprenticeship examples: Construction Craft Laborer, Maintenance Tech Municipal, Maintenance Technician, Pointer Cleaner Caulker, Pool Installer Technician, Tuckpointer Cleaner Caulker, which are not open positions or mandatory certificates in China. The OOH group notes that employers often require safety certification consistent with OSHA guidelines before or after hiring, that some positions may require a driver's license, and that certain rigging/scaffolding certifications are optional; applying for each certificate, renewal, cost and current employer conditions are checked separately.
Limitations：The OOH group median is 46,680 dollars with 10th and 90th percentiles of 34,820/76,400, and the helper group is 43,260 with each helper occupation's median wage listed directly; this occupation's 47,120 and percentiles come from 47-2061 and are not back-inferred from the group.
Limitations：BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity. The OOH also lists the employment projections for 47-3011 to 47-3016 and 47-3019 directly.
Limitations：2025 average annual wages of urban non-private units in construction were 92,036 yuan and of private units 66,275 yuan, each a pre-tax industry average that includes other occupations; this is not a construction laborer range, median, percentile or starting wage. Read it by the unit's main business, and it cannot cover all labor service providers or other internal positions. GB/T4754-2017 construction 47 housing, 48 civil engineering (PDF57 / printed 51 pages), 49 installation and 50 decoration etc. (PDF58 / printed 52 pages) are used for the industry background of construction units; by the unit's main business, not directly determining the industry by an individual's work, and not proving one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and U.S. occupations.
Limitations：U.S. OSHA1926.1153 limits applicable crystalline silica exposure; (c) requires engineering controls, work practices and applicable respiratory protection for the specific tasks in table 1, or an alternative exposure assessment or control under (d); (g) requires a written employer control plan and the corresponding checks; (h) free medical surveillance is limited to employees who under that section must wear a respirator for 30 days or more per year, and is not a uniform periodic medical examination for all construction laborers. Noise control and Chinese occupational health are checked separately.
Limitations：Supports the occupational classification context in China; it does not demonstrate the appointment qualifications, authorization scope or personal income of an exact position, nor does it provide a correspondence between helper and the O*NET helper occupations.
Limitations：Discusses task-level generative AI exposure and does not provide a single-occupation score, adoption rate or replacement date for this occupation.
Limitations：Fit signals, risk ranking, practice materials and the seven-day plan are all editorial design and do not constitute diagnosis, hiring standards or practice advice.
Limitations：A voluntary governance framework, not a mandatory construction safety process, or evidence of actual occupational adoption or net effect.
Limitations：Publishes annual wage percentiles for this occupation of 35,090／38,620／47,120／59,740／78,090 dollars and hourly percentiles of 16.87／18.57／22.66／28.72／37.54 dollars; percentiles are statistical positions, not grade levels, and are not converted into individual monthly income.
Limitations：Supports adjacent occupation comparison and detailed work activity checks (related occupations include brickmasons and blockmasons, carpenters, cement masons and concrete finishers, paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators, equipment operators and others); the various construction helpers (47-3011 to 47-3016) have their own exact occupation entries, and this page uses them only for adjacent and transition explanations without demonstrating that qualifications transfer.
Limitations：Explains the population covered, wage composition and statistical scope of OEWS; it does not provide figures for this occupation, nor does it explain how different occupational group scopes are split (so the group figures cannot be used to back-infer separate helper figures).
Limitations：BLS table 1.2 shows this occupation 47-2061 at 2025—2035 total employment 1,489,300→1,598,600, a published net increase of 109,300 people, 7.3%, and 120,000 average annual openings including replacement. The OOH construction laborers and helpers group is listed separately at 1,674,400→1,783,000, a net increase of 108,600/about 6%/137,000; the group median wage of 46,680 dollars differs from this occupation's 47,120. Total employment includes self-employed workers and is not an AI causal claim or a guarantee of individual opportunity.
Limitations：GB/T4754-2017 construction 47 housing, 48 civil engineering (PDF57 / printed 51 pages), 49 installation and 50 decoration etc. (PDF58 / printed 52 pages) are used for the industry background of construction units; by the unit's main business, not directly determining the industry by an individual's work, and not proving one-to-one correspondence between Chinese and U.S. occupations.
Limitations：Current O*NET35 certification candidates and 6 registered apprenticeship examples: Construction Craft Laborer, Maintenance Tech Municipal, Maintenance Technician, Pointer Cleaner Caulker, Pool Installer Technician, Tuckpointer Cleaner Caulker, which are not open positions or mandatory certificates in China. The OOH group notes that employers often require safety certification consistent with OSHA guidelines before or after hiring, that some positions may require a driver's license, and that certain rigging/scaffolding certifications are optional; applying for each certificate, renewal, cost and current employer conditions are checked separately.
Limitations：U.S. OSHA1926.651(b) requires confirming the estimated location of underground installations before excavation and using an acceptable safe method to confirm the exact location when approaching them, and does not make manual test digging the only method for all scenarios; (j)(2) sets conditions such as a 2-foot setback or barricades for materials and equipment that may fall, and does not say that nothing may ever be stacked at the pit edge; (k) requires a competent person to inspect excavations and protection and to remove personnel when danger is found until protection is in place. Ordinary workers do not automatically gain shoring design or work release authority from the job title.
Limitations：U.S. OSHA1926.451(a)(6) requires a qualified person to design scaffolding; (f)(3) requires a competent person to inspect before each shift and after any event affecting integrity; (f)(7) requires erection, moving, dismantling and alteration to be supervised by the corresponding competent person and carried out by trained and experienced employees that person selects. Fall protection measures are checked against the specific scaffold type and applicable conditions and are not decided as usable by ordinary workers on their own; Chinese rules are checked separately.
Limitations：U.S. OSHA1926.300(a)(b)(c) requires tools to be kept in a safe condition, guards to be provided at hazardous parts and appropriate PPE to be provided according to exposure; specific machines and continuous work arrangements are checked against actual procedures, and no promise is made that anti-vibration gloves eliminate injury or that a uniform time limit applies to all workers.
Limitations：U.S. OSHA1926.1153 limits applicable crystalline silica exposure; (c) requires engineering controls, work practices and applicable respiratory protection for the specific tasks in table 1, or an alternative exposure assessment or control under (d); (g) requires a written employer control plan and the corresponding checks; (h) free medical surveillance is limited to employees who under that section must wear a respirator for 30 days or more per year, and is not a uniform periodic medical examination for all construction laborers. Noise control and Chinese occupational health are checked separately.
Limitations：Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with at least 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt.
Usage note: this page is a career information service and does not constitute hiring conditions, qualification determinations, work permit conclusions, or legal and compliance advice; specific judgments about excavations, scaffolding, temporary power, special operations and on-site safety must follow the rules of the applicable jurisdiction and the views of your organization, the competent authorities and the positions that hold the authority.
MBTI (English) · Big Five (English) · MBTI (Chinese) · Big Five (Chinese)
Judgment four: are protection and shoring in place?
Judgment five: are the materials used and work records kept?
Judgment six: did you stop when you found a hazard?
The above are task and ability observation points, not personality labels or hiring thresholds.
Picks, shovels, pneumatic breakers, tampers, concrete mixers, small lifting machines and survey layout equipment; for digital tools, the O*NET page for this occupation lists 7 software skills (the employer mention rate for Excel, Office, Outlook and Word is below 1%, and the rest have no usable mention rate).
Of the 7 software items in 2025 U.S. Lightcast job postings, Excel, Office, Outlook and Word are each below 1%, while Revit, Windows and Primavera are NA, not 0; mention rate is not proficiency, actual adoption or AI deployment, and Revit does not therefore become a threshold for all positions.
The reference deliverable lists only the elements that should be included and does not require the same wording as the example; being able to explain the basis for your judgment is enough.
This exercise only tests site confirmation, material preparation coordination and work organization ability; it does not assess real project safety or quality, and does not constitute hiring, a qualification judgment or authorization to work on a real construction site.
Do not use drawings, temporary power records or construction records from real projects; for real projects, follow the rules of your organization and the competent authorities.
| Safety and procedure questions | Whether the use of personal protective equipment, machine checks and the hazard reporting process are familiar. | Answer records or an on-site demonstration. | The assessment standards are set by the employer and the competent authorities, and this page makes no inference. |
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| Probation assessment | A combined assessment of coordination proficiency, safety record and crew evaluation. | Probation assessment records and sampling of work records. | Assessment and confirmation conditions are set by the employer, and this page does not constitute a hiring promise. |
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Write a hazard reporting process (find, stop work, isolate, report, confirm handling) and shift handover record items.
Go back to the judgment checklist on this page and write down three reasons you are willing to continue and two conditions that call for caution.
| Education does not equal work authorization or special operations qualification. |
| Secondary vocational school or higher vocational college (construction engineering technology, building equipment, municipal engineering and related majors) | People hoping to enter materials management or layout assistance positions | Related majors are an editorial preparation suggestion; common background proportions in China were not obtained. | Not a general written threshold | Per the target employer's recruitment notice and major requirements | Check against the actual course, issuing body, employer and jurisdiction conditions for the current period; no uniform investment is provided. | Education cannot replace site work experience and safety education. |
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| Trade skill training (formwork, scaffolding, rebar or concrete, among others) | People hoping to take on a specialized process or its assistance position | Specific trade training, qualifications and employer conditions are checked separately; a few weeks of coursework is not treated as an independent work permit. | Set by the employer and the competent authorities according to the type of work | Per the training provider and employer recognition | Check against the actual course, issuing body, employer and jurisdiction conditions for the current period; no uniform investment is provided. | Training cannot replace actual work experience and safety education. |
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| Special operations qualification for building construction (limited to applicable trades) | Order No. 60 applies to personnel in special operations trades for building and municipal work; the specific catalogue is checked separately | Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with at least 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt. | Those who meet the applicable trade requirements must obtain the corresponding certificate, which is not generalized to all construction laborers. | Article 7 of Order No. 60 sets basic conditions including being 18 years old, junior high school or above, and the required medical examination and training, and Article 14 sets the certificate as valid for 3 years; the specific trades and local materials are checked separately. | Check against the actual course, issuing body, employer and jurisdiction conditions for the current period; no uniform investment is provided. | Applicable first-time certificate holders must complete at least 6 months of internship and may not work independently; a certificate does not replace actual project duties. |
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| Materials management and material accounting training | People planning to move into a materials clerk or logistics support direction | Materials management is an editorial preparation direction; the recognition of specific employer courses and its wage effect were not obtained. | Not a general entry threshold | Per the training provider and employer recognition | Check against the actual course, issuing body, employer and jurisdiction conditions for the current period; no uniform investment is provided. | Training cannot replace experience with site material ledgers and loss accounting. |
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| Site entry safety education (employer or project) | People who need to enter construction sites to work | Usually one of the prerequisites for participation | Set by the employer and the project | Handled per the employer's and the project's process | Check against the actual course, issuing body, employer and jurisdiction conditions for the current period; no uniform investment is provided. | This page does not provide verification standards or results. |
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Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Order No. 60 takes effect on 2026-06-01 and applies to special operations in building and municipal construction, with the range of trades set separately; Article 3 requires the applicable personnel to be trained, assessed and certified, and Article 22 requires at least 6 months of supervised internship after first certification, under the guidance of personnel with at least 6 years of experience in the same trade, and prohibits independent work. The specific trade catalogue has not been checked item by item, and not all construction laborers are automatically listed as certificate holders or exempt. The trade catalogue, other equipment and local conditions were not checked item by item.
Any qualification and appointment requirement should follow the current rules of the employer and the competent authorities; this page does not constitute a hiring promise or a qualification determination opinion.
Next moves：Prepare to move into logistics management; actual appointment conditions are checked separately
Typical scope：Be responsible for on-site materials, machines and logistics resource allocation, and organize reviews and improvement
Readiness evidence：A logistics management plan and review statement
Credential boundary：Management and professional advancement training (per employer rules)
Next moves：Move toward construction management
Credential boundary：Project management and safety training
Next moves：Prepare to move into site management; actual appointment conditions are checked separately
Typical scope：Handle schedule and resources and do reviews under actual management duties, and do not automatically acquire all safety authority from general assistance experience.
Readiness evidence：A site management plan and review statement
Credential boundary：Management and professional advancement training (per employer rules)
Next moves：Move toward construction management
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