Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Road builder (m/f)*
Recognized by ordinance of June 2., 1999 (BGBl. I p. 1102)

Duration of traineeship

3 years

The venues for training are company and vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Road builders work both on new constructions and on repair and rehabilitation projects. They build roads and other traffic-bearing areas using different building materials.

Occupational skills

Road builders carry out their work on the basis of technical documents and job orders, both independently and in cooperation with others. They plan and coordinate their work, consult and coordinate with others working on the site, set up construction sites and take the measures required for smooth-running operations, for health and safety at work and to protect the environment at the job site. They check their work to ensure error-free execution, document their work, carry out quality assurance measures, calculate job performance data and hand the vacated job site on.

When carrying out the following activities, road builders use plant and machinery, they erect and dismantle scaffolding for work, protection and support purposes and measure constructions and elements thereof for proper fit.

Road builders

• carry out excavation work, line construction pits and trenches, fill in and compress earth, and build embankments,
• carry out open water-lowering work for surface water, soil-course water and groundwater,
• provide for drainage on traffic-bearing areas,
• build the foundations for floorings and coverings and fit load-bearing structures,
• fit prefabricated construction elements,
• lay sett paving and slab paving made of synthetic and natural stone,
• lay sett paving and slab paving in patterns for arches and cambers,
• lay slab paving of different sizes,
• build masonry structures of natural stone,
• lay asphalt surfaces,
• lay concrete surfaces,
• build special construction elements using blocks, prefabricated elements and concrete, for example manholes, surrounds and infillings,
• check surfaces for damage and prepare them for repair,
• restore surface structures after dislocating excavation works.

Fußnoten

* Stage 2 of a graduated training in the construction industry;
Stage 1: civil engineering worker (m/f)

Last modified on: December 12, 2006