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No GED? No problem. There are many construction trades that don’t require a high school diploma or GED to get started.
(though this credential can make you a more competitive applicant)

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Flooring Installer

Flooring installers install, replace and repair all types of carpets, plastic laminates, and other decorative coverings in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and structures. Floorcoverers use manual and power tools to measure, hammer, cut and shear, spread and stretch, and prepare floors.

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Laborer

Laborers may be skilled or unskilled workers with duties as varied as clearing timber and brush, removing demolished materials from a job site, placing and vibrating concrete, landscaping, installing pipe, handling the materials for other trades workers or using explosives to demolish buildings. Laborers are needed on all types of construction projects such as highways, bridges, tunnels, large buildings, sanitation, and residential, and perform work for the duration of the project. A laborer must know how to work with his or her hands and with power tools run by gasoline, electricity, and compressed air. Other tools used include pavement breakers, rammers, pumps, compressors, lasers, and vibrators.

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Tile Worker

Tile and Terrazzo are finish trades. This means that they are some of the last parts of a construction projects to be completed. Setting tile and terrazzo involves making sure the surfaces are properly prepared, including walls, floors, showers, tub surrounds, countertops, stairs and sometimes the exterior of structures. Tile and terrazzo can be installed in homes or commercial structures. This trade involves meticulous installation of ceramic, marble and granite tiles. The work is done by hand and requires a high attention to detail. Designs are often creative and visually appealing. Terrazzo is similar to tile in that it is a finish, but instead of tiles, the decorative surface could be made of sand, cement, pigment or marble chips.

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Roofer

Roofers remove roofs, prepare roof surfaces, and install new roofs. Commercial roofs are generally low-pitched roofs that consist of multiple layers of roofing applied with hot roofing asphalt. Residential roofs are usually steep, and the roofing material is mainly asphalt shingles. Tools used include hatchets, hammers, pry bars, tin snips, knives, and chalk lines.

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Ironworker

Ironworkers erect the structural framework for high rise buildings, bridges, power plants, and towers. They place reinforcing steel in concrete forms for roadways, foundations and structures and erect the aluminum fascia on high rise window walls. Tools of the trade include: wrenches, connecting bars, tape measures, levels, jacks, arc welders, welding torches, and oxy-acetylene torches.

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Painter

Painters apply paints and prepare surfaces for painting. Preparation is the most important part of painting and all sorts of surfaces, including wood, metal, masonry, and sheet rock must be prepared. Painters also apply other types of wall coverings besides paint, such as vinyl, fabric, and aluminum. Traffic control painters paint striping on roads.

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