Job Family: 47-0000 Construction and Extraction
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP CHARACTERISTICS
Construction
This Occupational Group is in the Job Family “Construction and Extraction.”
Description: This is work in a variety of settings performing as semi-skilled or skilled crafts workers, or laborers, helpers, and apprentices who assist the more skilled workers. Most construction workers generally are classified as structural, finishing, or mechanical workers. Other workers, called hazardous materials removal workers remove hazardous materials such as asbestos or lead from buildings, facilities, and the environment to avoid further contamination of natural resources and to promote public health and safety.
Primary Performance Factors: The Occupations within the Construction Occupational Group may have up to three different performance levels. When determining the level of a position within the Construction Occupational Group, the following performance factors should be considered:
· Knowledge,
· Skill,
· Complexity,
· Decision-making.
Performance levels typically associated with each Level:
Level 1: This is entry-level work performing routine tasks under direct supervision. The job requires minimal skill and basic knowledge.
Level 2: This is intermediate level, semi-skilled work. At this level, employees may perform a full range of assignments under general supervision, or perform a narrow range of assignments independently under limited supervision. The work requires applying a general knowledge of construction practices to assignments. The employee must use skill in applying instructions to accomplish different job functions or in operating machines for a variety of different purposes.
Level 3: This is full performance level, skilled work. At this level, employees independently perform a full range of assignments under limited supervision. The work requires applying an extensive knowledge of construction practices in order to work from general instructions to adapt and apply knowledge in a variety of complex situations, and in recommending solutions to problems of a specialized or general nature. Requires skill in analyzing problems in order to arrive desired results while conserving labor and material costs. Employee must use initiative and creative planning in devising new methods and approaches to major problems.
Position designators valid within each Level:
Level 1: Overtime: Included
Collective Bargaining Unit(s): 02
Equal Employment Opportunity Category(ies): 08
Special Risk: No
Level 2: Overtime: Included, Excluded
Collective Bargaining Unit(s): 01, 02, 87, and 89
Equal Employment Opportunity Category(ies): 02, 03, 07, and 08
Special Risk: No
Level 3: Overtime: Included, Excluded
Collective Bargaining Unit(s): 02, 05, 87, and 89
Equal Employment Opportunity Category(ies): 02, 03, 07, and 08
Special Risk: No
EFFECTIVE: 07/01/2002
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