Blue Collar Jobs

Auto Body Repair
Automotive body and related repairers refinish and repair automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames; they use special equipment to restore damaged metal frames and body sections. Repairers chain or clamp frames and sections to alignment machines that use hydraulic pressure to align damaged components. Read More

Construction Carpenter
Construction carpenters Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools. Read More

Construction Laborers
Construction laborers perform tasks involving physical labor for building, highway, and construction projects, excavations, and demolition. May operate a variety of equipment including hand and power tools: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble and debris, and remove asbestos, lead, and other hazardous waste materials. Read More

Demolition Laborer
Demolition laborers/contractors are involved in a wide variety of projects, including structural demolition of buildings, interior gutting of offices, equipment dismantling, and salvage and hazardous materials remediation. Maintenance and Demolition Supervisors are responsible for the coordination of demolition projects as well as trash hauling and general clean-up of the company's construction sites, overseeing demolition and personnel. Read More

Electrician
A construction electrician is responsible for installing, maintaining and repairing all the electrical wiring, electrical equipment and related fixtures on a project. He must ensure all work is done in accordance with the relevant codes. A license may be required. Read More

Fence Erector
Erect and repair metal and wooden fences and fence gates using hand and power tools. Read More

First Line Supervisor
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers; they verify work order and schedules, times of shipment and mode of transportation; quote prices to customers and resolve customer complaints; and record information. Read More

Landscaper
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers maintain grounds using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Read More

Mason
Cement masons and concrete finishers smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools; they align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; use saws to cut expansion joints. Read More

Paving
Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators run various equipment used in applying concrete, spreading stone or tamping gravel and other materials for use in building roads, parking lots, or airport runways, etc., or equipment used for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Read More

Trucker
In 2001, the median hourly earnings of truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer, were $15.66. The average hourly earnings were $9.84 - $23.10. Read More