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MINOR GROUP 713: BUILDING FINISHERS AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
 


    Building finishers and related trades workers cover, apply or install, maintain and repair roofs, floors, walls, insulation systems, glass in windows or other frames, as well as plumbing, piping and electrical systems in buildings and other constructions.

    Tasks performed usually include: covering roof frameworks with one or more kinds of material; installing parquet and other kinds of flooring or covering floors and walls with tiles or mosaic panels; applying plaster to walls and ceilings; applying insulating material to walls, floors and ceilings; cutting, fitting and setting glass in windows and similar openings; installing plumbing and pipeline systems; installing electrical wiring and related equipment. Supervision of other workers may be included.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    7131 Roofers

    7132 Floor layers and tile setters

    7133 Plasterers

    7134 Insulation workers

    7135 Glaziers

    7136 Plumbers and pipe fitters

    7137 Building and related electricians

    Note

    Occupations are classified into Major group 8, Plant and machine operators and assemblers, if the tasks call mainly for experience with and an understanding of the machinery operated and monitored.

    Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary occupations, if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature, mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort, little or no previous experience and understanding of the work, and limited initiative or judgement.



   
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 Updated 19 September 2004, by VA.