Editing Laborer (section)


{{Short description|Unskilled or skilled worker}}
{{Infobox Occupation
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| name           = Laborer
| image          = Laborers_%284596808922%29.jpg
| caption        = Laborers at work
| type               =  Manual labor
| activity_sector    = [[Construction]], [[Manufacturing]]
| formation          = 
| employment_field   = Construction site, Yard Manufacturing
| related_occupation = [[Construction worker]]
| average_salary     = 
}}

A '''laborer''' ([[American and British English spelling differences|or]] '''labourer''') is a person who works in [[Manual labour|manual labor]] typed within the [[construction]] industry. There is a generic [[factory]] laborer which is defined separately as a factory worker. Laborers are in a [[working class]] of [[Wage labour|wage-earner]]s in which their only possession of significant material value is their [[labour (human activity)|labor]]. Industries employing laborers include building things such as roads, road paving, buildings, bridges, tunnels, pipelines civil and industrial, and railway tracks. Laborers work with [[Rock blasting|blasting]] tools, [[Laborer hand tools|hand tools]], [[power tool]]s, [[air tools]], and small [[heavy equipment]], and act as assistants to tradesmen as well <ref>{{cite web |title=Occupational Outlook Handbook, Construction Laborers and Helpers |url=https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/construction-laborers-and-helpers.htm|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |date=May 31, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240301060106/https://www.bls.gov/ooh/construction-and-extraction/construction-laborers-and-helpers.htm |archive-date= Mar 1, 2024 }}</ref> such as operators or cement masons.  The 1st century BC engineer [[Vitruvius]] writes that a good crew of laborers is just as valuable as any other aspect of construction. Other than the addition of [[pneumatic]]s, laborer practices have changed little. With the introduction of field technologies, the laborers have been quick to adapt to the use of this technology as being laborers' [[workforce]].