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8 · ANZSCO V1.3

Labourers

Classification
Major

Classification

Description

LABOURERS perform a variety of routine and repetitive physical tasks using hand and power tools, and machines either as an individual or as part of a team assisting more skilled workers such as Trades Workers, and Machinery Operators and Drivers.

Skill level

Australia

AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4); or AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

New Zealand

NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4); or NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5) In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. In the case of some Skill Level 5 occupations, a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification, or no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Tasks

Tasks include

  • cleaning commercial, industrial and domestic premises, vehicles and machines
  • spreading, levelling and finishing concrete and bituminous paving materials, and assembling and erecting scaffolding and rigging
  • loading and unloading machines, assembling components, and grading, inspecting and packing products
  • assisting with cultivating and harvesting crops, plants and forests, and with livestock production
  • processing meat and seafood, and assisting with producing and preparing food
  • loading and unloading freight from trucks, trains and ships, and stocking shelves in stores and supermarkets

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