Main duties
People in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties.
- Load and unload construction materials, and move materials to work areas
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks, shoring and barricades required at construction sites
- Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
- Assist tradespersons such as carpenters, bricklayers, cement finishers, roofers and glaziers in construction activities
- Assist heavy equipment operators to secure special attachments to equipment, signal operators to guide them in moving equipment and provide assistance in other activities
- Assist in aligning pipes and perform related activities during oil and gas pipeline construction
- Assist in drilling and blasting rock at construction sites
- Assist miners in excavating and in setting up and operating various drills and other surface mining machinery
- Level earth to fine grade specifications using rake and shovel
- Assist in demolishing buildings using prying bars and other tools, and sort, clean and pile salvaged materials
- Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites using rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and other equipment
- Operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers as directed
- Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction such as mixers, compressors and pumps
- Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants, and remove asbestos and other hazardous materials
- Oil and grease hoists and similar equipment
- Direct traffic at or near construction sites
- Perform other activities at construction sites, as directed
Employment requirements
- Some experience as a general construction labourer may be required for construction trade helpers
- Some pipeline workers, such as stabbers, mandrel operators and pre-heater tenders, usually require one season of experience in oil and gas pipeline construction
- Flagmen/women may require a traffic control certificate
- Riggers and slingers may require a rigging certificate
- On-the-job training may be provided
Job titles in NOC 75110
257 job titles are classified in this unit group.
- access floor installer helper
- air breaker operator
- air gun operator
- air hammer operator - construction
- air lock tender
- air tool operator
- air track drill operator helper
- asbestos fibre preparer
- asbestos remover
- asbestos worker - construction
- asphalt cold patcher
- asphalt mixer
- asphalt plant labourer - construction
- asphalt raker
- asphalt roofer helper
- asphalt spreader
- asphalt worker - road
- awning installer helper
- batterboard setter
- bending machine operator - pipelines
- bill poster
- bituminous paving labourer
- bituminous paving machine operator
- blacktop raker
- blacktop spreader
- brick cleaner
- bricklayer helper
- brickmason's helper
- bridge gang worker - construction
- building and house wrecker
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- building painter helper
- building wrecker
- cabinetmaker's helper
- carpenter helper
- carpet layer helper
- carpet mechanics helper
- caulker - construction
- cement and concrete pump tender
- cement finisher helper
- cement gun nozzle operator
- cement gun operator
- cement mixer operator - construction
- cement pump operator
- churn drill operator helper - water well
- clamper - construction
- concrete block pourer
- concrete breaker
- concrete finisher helper
- concrete float pourer
- concrete former helper
- concrete gun operator
- concrete mixer helper
- concrete mixer operator - construction
- concrete mixer operator helper - highway construction
- concrete paver operator helper
- concrete paving labourer
- concrete pourer - construction
- concrete pump operator
- concrete spreader operator
- concrete waterproofer - construction
- construction craft labourer
- construction electrician helper
- construction helper
- construction labourer
- construction trades helper
- construction worker
- crane chaser
- crane hooker
- cupola spray reliner
- dampproofer helper
- deck worker
- demolition worker
- diamond driller helper - surface mining
- digger - construction
- ditch cleaner - construction
- door frame installer
- dope machine operator - pipelines
- dragline operator helper
- dredge worker
- driller helper - surface mining
- drywall and acoustical board installer helper
- drywall sander
- earthworks labourer - construction
- excavation labourer
- excavation worker
- exterior cladder helper
- firebrick layer helper
- fitter helper - construction
- flagperson
- floor coverer helper
- floor layer's helper
- floor sander and finisher helper
- floorcovering installer helper
- floorcovering mechanic helper
- form remover - construction
- form stripper - construction
- foundation dampproofer helper
- foundation drill operator helper
- foundation waterproofer - construction
- framer helper - construction
- gas line fuser
- gas pipe fuser
- gas pipelayer - construction
- general construction labourer
- glass setter helper
- glass worker helper - construction
- glazier helper
- grade tamper - construction
- grout machine operator
- grout pump operator
- grouter
- gunite mixer - construction
- guniter - construction
- highway concrete mixer operator helper
- highway maintenance worker
- highway sign erector
- horizontal earth-boring machine helper
- hoseman/woman insulation helper
- industrial chimney repairer-mason helper
- insulation blower
- insulation blower helper
- insulation blower operator
- insulation hoseman/woman
- insulator helper
- interior and exterior wall erector helper
- interior finisher helper
- interior wall finisher helper
- ironworker helper
- jackhammer operator - construction
- joiner helper - construction
- lightning rod erector helper
- maintenance carpenter helper
- manual concrete vibrator operator
- manual curb builder
- manual stone spreader operator
- manual terrazzo grinder
- marble setter helper
- mason's helper
- masonry pointer and caulker
- measurer
- metal form setter - construction
- metal roofer helper - construction
- metal scaffold erector helper
- metal trim erector helper
- mole operator helper - construction
- monument erector
- monument setter
- mud jack operator
- nozzle worker - pile driving
- oil burner installer helper
- ornamental iron erector helper
- ornamental metal worker helper
- painter and decorator helper
- painter helper - construction
- paper latcher - construction
- paperhanger helper - construction
- pavement line painter
- pavement line painter helper
- pavement striper
- paving operations labourer
- pile driver operator helper - crane operation
- pile driver operator's helper
- pile driving chainman/woman
- pile driving ground worker
- pile-driving lead placer helper
- pipe aligner - pipeline construction
- pipe doper - construction
- pipe-cleaning and covering machine operator
- pipefitter helper - construction
- pipelayer - construction
- pipelayer - drainage systems
- pipelayer - irrigation
- pipeline caulker
- pipeline labourer
- pipeline mandrel operator
- pipeline welder helper
- pipeline worker - construction
- pipeline-liner installer
- pit bottom worker
- plasterer helper
- plate fitter helper - construction
- plumber helper
- pneumatic drill operator - construction
- pneumatic hammer operator - construction
- post hole driller
- power curber tender
- power shovel operator helper
- precast concrete caulker
- preheater tender - pipelines
- quarry dump attendant
- quarry labourer
- refractory bricklayer helper
- reinforcing wire mesh worker
- renovation carpenter helper
- rigger (except shipbuilding and aircraft assembly)
- rigger - construction
- rigger's helper - construction
- rip-rap placer
- road form setter
- road mixer operator helper
- road spray truck helper
- roofer helper
- rotary driller helper - water well
- scaffold erector
- scaffold erector helper
- scaffolder
- seam caulker - construction
- seat installer - construction
- sewage pipelayer
- sewer digger
- sheather helper
- sheet metal worker helper - construction
- shore dredging labourer
- sider helper
- skid setter - pipeline construction
- slinger - construction
- slip form curb machine tender
- smelter liner
- spacer - pipeline construction
- spray truck helper
- spreader box tender
- stabber
- stabber - pipeline construction
- steam fitter's helper - construction
- steel erector helper
- steel form setting worker
- steel forms setter helper
- structural plate fitter helper - construction
- structural steel erector helper
- tamper operator
- tamper operator - construction
- tank builder helper
- terrazzo finisher helper
- terrazzo layer helper
- terrazzo machine grinder
- terrazzo mechanic helper
- terrazzo polisher helper
- tile layer helper
- tile setter helper
- tinsmith helper - construction
- tombstone erector
- tombstone setter
- trades helper - construction
- trench digger
- tunnelling machine operator helper - construction
- underground labourer - construction
- vanity and kitchen cupboard installer helper
- vibrator roller operator
- vibratory compactor operator
- wallboard sander
- water pipe installer
- water well driller helper
- waterproofer - construction
- waterproofer helper
- welder-fitter helper - construction
- window caulker
- wire mesh setter
Wages for NOC 75110 by province
Hourly wages from Job Bank for construction trades helpers and labourers.
| Province or territory | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario | $18.50 | $27.00 | $42.00 |
| British Columbia | $20.00 | $25.00 | $38.50 |
| Alberta | $19.00 | $25.00 | $35.00 |
| Saskatchewan | $17.00 | $23.00 | $31.00 |
| Manitoba | $17.50 | $22.00 | $31.25 |
| Quebec | $20.00 | $29.85 | $37.80 |
| New Brunswick | $16.00 | $20.00 | $26.00 |
| Nova Scotia | $16.50 | $21.00 | $29.74 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $16.00 | $22.00 | $39.45 |
| Canada | $18.25 | $25.00 | $40.00 |
Ontario by region
| Region | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | $18.00 | $25.00 | $39.41 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | $18.00 | $23.00 | $40.00 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | $18.50 | $27.00 | $42.00 |
| Toronto | $18.00 | $30.00 | $43.50 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | $20.00 | $30.00 | $42.70 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | $18.50 | $27.00 | $42.00 |
| London | $19.00 | $26.00 | $39.00 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | $20.00 | $27.00 | $39.00 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | $20.00 | $27.00 | $35.00 |
| Northeast | $17.60 | $23.08 | $36.00 |
| Northwest | $20.00 | $26.00 | $37.50 |
Source: Job Bank wages, reference period 2023-2024, revised November 19, 2025. Some Ontario figures are below the current general minimum wage of $17.95 per hour (since October 1, 2026); employers must pay at least the minimum wage.
Career progression and other notes
Mobility is possible among workers in this unit group.
Progression from rigger to crane operator is possible with experience and additional certification.
Similar occupations classified elsewhere
These occupations look related but belong to a different NOC unit group.
- Other trades helpers and labourers: NOC 75119, Other trades helpers and labourers
- Public works and maintenance labourers: NOC 75212, Public works and maintenance labourers
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Questions about NOC 75110
What is NOC 75110?
NOC 75110 is Construction trades helpers and labourers, a unit group in the 2021 National Occupational Classification (NOC 2021 Version 1.0). It belongs to the broad category trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations and to TEER 5.
What TEER is NOC 75110?
NOC 75110 is TEER 5. TEER 5 generally means: short work demonstration, no formal education required.
What job titles are in NOC 75110?
The unit group includes 257 job titles, for example asphalt spreader, bricklayer helper, carpenter helper, concrete mixer helper, concrete paving labourer, construction helper.
How much do construction trades helpers and labourers earn in Canada?
Job Bank reports a national median of $25.00 per hour for construction trades helpers and labourers, and $27.00 in Ontario. The highest provincial median is in Quebec at $29.85 (reference period 2023-2024).
Which occupations are similar to NOC 75110?
Related occupations classified in other unit groups include other trades helpers and labourers (NOC 75119); public works and maintenance labourers (NOC 75212).
Last updated October 2026. Sources:
- National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0, Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada
- Job Bank wages
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