Construction profession
Construction occupation or building trade is the generic term for occupations in the main construction trade , the main area of which is the construction and maintenance of structures , construction projects and buildings .
The term construction worker or building craftsman is commonly used for all people who work on a construction site or are involved in construction. However, the designation construction worker is not a training occupation or a fixed occupational title. Construction occupations are usually classified in the category of craft occupations , as the characteristics correspond to those of a craft occupation . However, there are also exceptions to occupations that are construction occupations, but not craft occupations. One example is the occupation of construction equipment operator , as although a contribution is made to construction projects in the job, no manual work is carried out with tools or stationary machines, but (in this case) with construction vehicles . Scientifically, construction professions are mainly based on technology , or geometry and physics . In various professional fields, including biology and chemistry .
history
19th century
According to Renzsch, the journeymen experienced in the 19th century "the transition to capitalist production of goods in the building trade as the disintegration of the class craft." . "
Construction projects
- Buildings ( walls , windows , roofs , doors , furniture and interior fittings, etc.)
- Land
- Roadways , paths and bridges
- Supply systems ( pipes , hydrants , wells . Plants etc.)
Examples of construction trades
Construction trades for building and property equipment
- Bricklayer
- Carpenter
- Civil engineering workers
- Building construction workers
- Stonemason
- Drywall fitter
- Flat glass mechanic
- Glaziers
- Electronics technician for industrial engineering
- electrician
- plumber
- Plant mechanic
- Pipeline builder
- Plasterer
- painter
- Upholsterer
- Tiler
- roofer
- Gardeners and landscapers
- Well builder
- Specialist civil engineering
Construction trades for roadways
Non-manual construction occupations
Non-manual construction professions for planning, designing and managing construction projects
- Draftsman
- Technical illustrator
- Engineer occupations in the construction sector (e.g. civil engineer or electrical engineer )
- architect
- Site manager / site manager
Web links
literature
- Hans-Heinrich Bass , Workers and Employment Conditions in the Construction Industry in Germany, 1850–1914 , Münster 1975.
- Wolfgang Renzsch, craftsman and wage laborer in the early labor movement , Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1980. ISBN 3-525-35700-1 , pp. 35–63: Social situation and organizational efforts of construction workers.