Part–Time Construction Project Worker

Do you need extra cash or are you a student who is looking to work part–time when college is out for the summer? How about a supplemental income for about twenty hours a week? This article will cover some jobs that are primarily done by men, but if a woman is so inclined and can do the job, here are some good opportunities that pay well for part–time work.

1. Construction Professionals in the US Navy (part-time)
   Surveying land, constructing new buildings, and performing finish work. Operating heavy equipment and repairing machinery.
   
2. Construction in the US National Guard (part-time)
   
   
   Managing, constructing, repairing, and modifying structures in wood, stone, metal, and concrete buildings. Repairing components of buildings, utility systems, and real property equipment. Follows environmental regulations.
   
3. General Labor Workers (part-time)
   Local construction companies are hiring dependable laborers for construction projects. Must have reliable transportation to get to and from work. Paid holidays, medical and dental coverage, tuition reimbursement, and tool reimbursement. ($9 to $11 an hour.)
   
4. Skilled Labor—Trades
   Construction, installation, maintenance, repair. Local contractors are hiring dependable laborers for their job sites. Residential and commercial. (Part-time $9 to $10 an hour.)
   
5. Construction Equipment Operators Jobs
   Grader, bulldozer, or scraper operator jobs; paving, surfacing, or tamping equipment operator jobs; pile-driver operator Jobs. (Entry-level workers $17.50 an hour; $35+ an hour for experienced workers.)
   
6. Odd Jobs and Handyman for Hire:
   There are online services that match people who would like to have certain informal jobs done with people who would like to do those jobs. No impressive credentials or resumes required. Hirers save time by having someone else do chores that they cannot do or do not want to do and job seekers earn money in their spare time.
   
7. Part-Time Maintenance Technician
   If you are good with your hands and have a knack for fixing things, you could work part-time as a maintenance technician.
   
8. Part-Time Construction Service Coordinator
   Service coordinators provide daily support to a construction services manager. They are responsible for maintaining in-house documentation for projects and may be the in-house liaison between field personnel, clients, and office personnel. This position will ensure that all projects are supported with field reports, time records, and all appropriate documentation to provide accurate and timely billing.($14 an hour or more depending on experience.)
   
9. Construction Technician
   Growing companies providing construction materials testing and inspections may be in need of full- and part-time entry-level and experienced technicians to perform soils, concrete, asphalt, and steel testing. ($12 to $14 an hour.)
   
   
10. Carpenter Helper
    Help carpenters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools and cleaning work area and equipment.
    

Job duties helpers do for carpenters:

• Position and hold timbers, lumber, and paneling in place for fastening or cutting.
• Erect scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
• Select tools, equipment, and materials from storage and transport items to work site.
• Fasten timbers or lumber with glue, screws, pegs, or nails and install hardware.
• Clean work areas, machines, and equipment to maintain a clean and safe job site.
• Hold plumb bobs, sighting rods, or other equipment to aid in establishing reference points and lines.
• Align, straighten, plumb, and square forms for installation.
• Cut timbers, lumber, and/or paneling to specified dimensions, and drill holes in timbers or lumber.
• Smooth and sand surfaces to remove ridges, tool marks, glue, or caulking.
• Perform tie spacing layout and measure, mark, drill, or cut. ($12 an hour.)
  

Most all of the part-time jobs listed above need only a high school diploma, and sometimes vocation training is helpful. Sometimes tools are also needed on the job like hammers and saws. Construction pays very well as a full-time profession as well. It often involves long hours in the sun, the cold weather, or the rain if the job is outside. Sometimes new construction jobs that involve finishing the inside allow workers some protection from the elements, but not often if the central air and heat is not completed.

Work hours are usually during daylight. Overtime can be done during the weekend days. Men generally like these construction jobs, but it is becoming more common for women to make this career choice. Generally, it is a job for people who like to work outside and with their hands, whether it is commercial construction or housing.

With the onset of the financial crisis in the last year which continues to loom overhead, a wise person might ask how that will affect the part-time construction jobs. At the first of the crisis we heard about a lot of banks failing and merging with other banks. The housing market was tumbling down and housing prices were dropping lower. In fact, that market is expected to continue downward, but all the construction jobs displaced by the housing market will find their way back to the top in a different market. The hospital construction has not slowed down with the market and it is expected to continue on a steady course. The government is projecting a great infrastructure boom because the president will be investing billions of dollars in government funding into infrastructure repairs. This is something the country needed to do for its schools, highways, sewers, and prisons. So while one market slips out of the scene, a new market will offer a place for trades to shift. Construction is alive.