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  4. Building construction labourers

Building construction labourers

Building construction labourers perform routine tasks in connection with building construction and demolition work.

Skill level: Unskilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Building construction labourers - from Ksh17,626 to Ksh76,673 per month - 2025.
  • A Building construction labourers typically earns between Ksh17,626 and Ksh41,324 net per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between Ksh24,259 and Ksh62,675 per month for a working week of 45 hours.

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  • Construction operative
  • Demolition labourer
  • Land clearer
  • Maintenance labourer
  • Carpenter helper
  • Electrician helper
  • Painter or plasterer helper
  • Plumber or pipefitter helper
  • Roofer helper

Job Responsibilities

  • Cleaning used building bricks and doing other simple work on demolition sites
  • Mixing, pouring and spreading materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar
  • Digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools
  • Spreading sand, soil, gravel and similar materials
  • Loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows, hods and hand trucks
  • Cleaning work sites and removing obstructions

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  • Construction operative
  • Demolition labourer
  • Land clearer
  • Maintenance labourer
  • Carpenter helper
  • Electrician helper
  • Painter or plasterer helper

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