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What does general labouring include?

General labourers are skilled in a range of maintenance and labour tasks. Many have a trade background with specific skills in one area, while others are happy to work under your direction and provide a willing hand with whatever you’re doing. Here are some of the most common general labouring tasks and what you can expect:


Cleaning and maintenance

Common labouring jobs involve cleaning, especially cleaning up a worksite after tradespeople have finished. They’ll start by clearing out larger debris using a wheelbarrow and shovel, and loading it into a skip or trailer. Next, they’ll sweep the area to remove small debris, dirt, and dust. Finally, they may mop or pressure wash all suitable surfaces (depending on whether it’s inside or outside), paying special attention to any stains, mortar, or grout that’s been left behind.


Trades assistance

While labourers aren’t necessarily licensed tradespeople, they do often help out tradespeople with plumbing, carpentry, and building tasks. Carpenters or builders may get help with removing old structures, moving wood, steadying framework, and other tasks that need an extra pair of hands. Plumbers may need help with cleaning up, moving pipework, and lifting parts. In any case, the licensed tradesperson will oversee the work and ensure it is carried out safely and to a high standard.


Digging holes and trenches

General labouring often involves digging - especially by hand. Your labourer will bring their own shovel and other required tools, or you may supply the tools at the worksite. They may help dig holes for fencesdig trenches for drainage, remove stumps, or level out soil ready for landscaping.


Moving and loading 

Your labourer can help move materials from one part of your site to another or load them onto a truck or trailer. These materials could include soil, gravel, roadbase, timber, bricks, paving, garden waste, corrugated iron, rocks, plants, and even furniture. They’ll use a combination of tools, depending on the job, including shovels, forks, wheelbarrows, and gloves.

Recent General Labour tasks in Townsville

Labourer work to complete Camera pole works on construction sites.

$30

Townsville QLD, Australia

3rd Jun 2024

Camera poles installed/removed and serviced on construction sites. You will be installing and removing a 5m pole with solar panel on construction sites and occasionally servicing by swapping out components. *Must hold a white card Equipment required: - Post hole shovel - 21mm Spanner or 21mm impact driver socket - Drill & 8.5mm aluminium drill bit - Platform Ladder to reach 4.5 metres - PPE (Steelcap boots, Highvis & Hardhat) - Vechile to transport 5m aluminium pole *Optional: Impact driver Price per hour

Need a labourer on Palm island for approx 2 weeks

$5

Palm Island QLD, Australia

14th Apr 2024

Job is on Palm island. Need a labourer. Approx 2 weeks work. Could be more if you’re a hard worker and keen. We are building water tanks. Lots of bolts, the occasional heavy lifting. Use of power tools such as grinder, drills, impact driver/wrench. You’ll be on $35 bucks an hr. Paid flights here and back. Accoms covered. You pay food. Paid half rate for travel too.

Labour - scrape floor.

$100

Annandale QLD, Australia

31st May 2023

Small floor area to scrape off tile glue. Tools provided. Will only take a couple of hours, and will adjust final amount to give you a fair rate for the time you’re here. - Due date: Needs to be done on Thursday, 1 June 2023

Another fantastic job by Peter, exceeded my expectations in preparing a floor for tiling. Thank you

Tilers labourer

$200

Townsville QLD, Australia

17th Oct 2022

Need a labourer to move tiles and help grout/ silicon - Due date: Needs to be done on Wednesday, 19 October 2022