construction

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Construction is a great hard working hands on job. Construction workers make everyday life better and easier for people around the world they make roads for traveling buildings for people to live in and much more. The work of a construction worker is always exciting there is always different jobs to take so different bosses and different people to meet.
Construction is not just an outside job like everybody thinks there are also a lot of jobs that are worked inside and there are also jobs where they work on roofs, sky scrapers, chemical plants and many more. This job cost a lot of blood, sweat, and hard work. The average work hours a day is about six to eight hours a day. Sometimes if the job is not done by the end of the day it is not unusual for the job to go through the night to try to reach the deadline so the next job can get started but the great thing about the working through the night is the extra hours and the extra hours means more money which is always good. A lot of construction sites are dangerous there are chemicals, radiation, and acid that can really harm a person so it is required to wear a safety suit. This is a job that requires a lot of traveling because when finished with a job the next job site might be in another town or even in another state.
There are a lot of things that a construction worker will need to know even if it is just common since or mathematics. There are different things different workers will need to know and there will be required classes that are needed to for this kind of work like a class that teaches what kind of material and tools to buy for each of the projects and a class to teach how to use them. Construction involves a lot of math and angels and reading blue print so 1 to 2 ye...

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... paid very well for their work the average pay for a beginner is about $9.40 an hour which is about 19,000 a year median wage is $16.50 an hour which is $34.350 a year and a experienced wage is $27.87 an hour and that is about $57.970 an hour.
There is a savings plan that offers 401 k plans for all employees and temporary construction jobs through C&B the 401 k plan mean that what is needed to build a strong foundation for retirement. The enrollment in the 401k retirement savings plan starts coming into play after working 1000 hours on an assignment with the construction employment agency. The 1000 hours of work must happen within a 12 month period. The signup begins the first day of each calendar quarter. They also offer a number of different sound options to choose from. Workers are able to give one percent to 100 percent of their pay to hold back for retirement.

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