AGC Maine

On-the-job Training

• Organization Orientation
  • Demonstrates regular attendance/"100% present" when on the job site
  • Follows instructions of the Foreman
  • Asks questions and uses information appropriately
  • Consistently wears required safety gear
  • Tracks work hours and tasks in WorkHands app
  • Provide assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters, plasterers, or masons
• Job Safety Awareness
  • Consistently arrives with necessary safety gear
  • Employs necessary safety gear without prompting
  • Demonstrates situational awareness around heavy equipment
  • Consistently operates all equipment safely
  • Asks questions when presented with a new task
• Site preparation, layout, cleanup
  • Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, or rakes
  • Operate or maintain air monitoring or other sampling devices in confined or hazardous environments
  • Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards
  • Read plans, instructions, or specifications to determine work activities
  • Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to layout areas where construction work will be performed
  • Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions, or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection
• Site Security
  • Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed
  • Obey all posted safety instructions
  • Secure all equipment properly before leaving the site
• Working from a scaffold or lift
  • Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary structures
  • Consistently use necessary safety equipment when working from heights
• Loading/offloading/delivering materials
  • Load, unload, or identify building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications
  • Demonstrate consistent safety techniques
• Hand and power tool operation and maintenance
  • Lubricate, clean, or repair machinery, equipment, or tools
  • Demonstrates appropriate use and care of all tools on the job site
• Hand signals
  • Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials
• Concrete
  • Mix, pour, or spread concrete, using portable cement mixers
  • Position or dismantle forms for pouring concrete, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts
  • Smooth or finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools
  • Operate jackhammers or drills to break up concrete or pavement
  • Position, join, align, or seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections or pipes
• Traffic control
  • Properly place signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic
  • Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead
  • Direct vehicle traffic