a. Site/Project Preparation and Maintenance Clearing, bucking, and falling. Transportation, dismantling, and stockpiling of scaffolding and work platforms. Grading and compaction (work traditionally performed by construction craft laborers). Install, maintain erosion control systems. Layout and staking protocols. Hoisting, rigging and signaling for work traditionally performed by construction craft laborers. Site preparation, clean-up, and security. b. Tools, Equipment and Materials Tools equipment, and material recognition and preparation. Hand, electric, gas, pneumatic, and power tool/equipment (i.e. mortar mixer, walk-behind saw, sand blast pot, power driven wheelbarrow, aerial lift, etc….) use and maintenance. Tool, equipment, and material storage and security. c. Safety Confined space safety. Fire Watch. Traffic control/flagging, signing, and traffic safety awareness. Hazard material recognition. Trenching and site excavation.

Apprentices are to gain experience in one or more of the following areas of concentration or work groups. a. Environmental Remediation Asbestos Abatement Hazardous Waste Abatement Lead Abatement Petro-Chemical Abatement Radiation Remediation Weatherization b. Building Construction Concrete (mixing, placement, vibration of concrete, removal) Erect scaffolding, shoring and braces. Concrete sawing, cutting (to exclude concrete finishing processes), and coring. Material handling, stocking, cleaning, and storage. Dewatering systems installation by hand, hand carried pump installation, operation and maintenance. c. Heavy/Highway and Utility Construction Asphalt (work traditionally performed by construction craft laborers). Drilling, Highscaling and Blasting Grade Checking Pipe Laying (work traditionally performed by construction craft laborers) Install and maintain erosion control systems. Dewatering systems installation by hand, hand carried pump installation, operation and maintenance. d. Tunneling Safety - TBM and conventional Install tunnel supports (steel ribs, lagging, mesh, segments, rings, hand drilling, rock bolts). Install services (track laying, conveyors, vents, water, compressed air pipes etc.). Concrete placement, small portable pump operation and maintenance. Shaft and tunnel grouting. Dewatering systems installation by hand, hand carried pump installation, operation and maintenance. Shotcrete/gunite application and cleanup. e. Pipeline Trenching and excavation by hand. Grade setting/checking (Excluding the pipe, hanger systems, and ditch grade). Clearing and maintaining the right of way (ROW) by hand, ROW mediation. Build and dismantle fences. Install and maintain erosion control systems. Locating utilities. Load, unload and place skids by hand (Excluding the fabrication area). Hooking and unhooking of pipe, and work in connection with the distribution of pipe. Pipe preparation, sandblasting, coating, and cleanup (Not done in connection with the preparation or completion of the welding process). "Dressing the Pig". f. Masonry Mason tending. Plaster tending. Refractory tending. Tarping and cleanup Pump operation, maintenance and cleanup. Erect scaffolding, shoring and braces. Forklift operation and safety. g. Landscaping Layout, planting and staking. Spreading, grading and compaction with hand tools or walk behind equipment. Falling, trimming, and pruning hedges, trees and shrubs. h. Demolition/Deconstruction Cutting and burning (work traditionally performed by construction craft laborers). Fire watch. Aerial lift operation. Concrete sawing, cutting, breaching and breaking. Demolition debris handling and management (recycling, reused, disposal).