Construction Week Online has just listed 10 new Middle East construction projects due to open in 2018, with 6 out of 10 belongs to The UAE, while the rest located in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Followed by that, there will be a high demand of at least 10,000 foreign workers onsite as a solution for labor shortage in the country.
Vietnam construction worker now working all around the world
Vietnam Manpower has researched for three months to have the list of average labor productivity of nearly 1000 Vietnam construction workers now working in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in many positions - as reference for any companies who demand to hire workers next year. Until now, there is no sign that worker payroll will sharply rise – a good new for all HR manager. In 2018, basic salary per month remains at $380-$450 for skilled labors.
Vietnam construction worker’s productivity (8 hour working time)
No |
Job |
Quantity |
Job Description |
Note |
1 |
Iron worker |
900KG |
Building and installing iron or steel girders, columns, and other construction materials |
|
2 |
Steel Fixer |
400KG |
Binding, arranging, transporting, cleaning the site |
|
3 |
Shuttering Carpenter |
9 M2 |
Producing, installing, removing, transporting and cleaning the site |
|
4 |
Block Mason |
20 M2 |
Assist in building layout, framing, sheathing, and roofing structures, cleaning the site |
Wall thickness: 5cm, 10cm, 15cm |
5 |
Interior Plasterer |
25 M2 |
coating of internal walls and ceilings, cleaning the site |
|
6 |
Exterior Plasterer |
15 M2 |
coating of external surfaces with appropriate materials, such as cement or sand, cleaning the site |
Plaster thickness: 2,5cm |
7 |
Tiller Mason (For floors) |
14 M2 |
Lays building materials, such as brick, structural tile, and concrete cinder, glass, gypsum, and terra cotta block to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures |
|
8 |
Tiller Mason (for walls)
|
13 M2 |
Getting the material, mixxing the concrete, tile, pouring, cleaning |
|
9 |
Staircase marble layer |
11 M2 |
Getting material, mixing mortar, laying, pouring, cleaning |
|
10 |
Wall putty painter |
140 M2 |
Wall cleaning, putty, using sand paper, cleaning up dirty parts. |
|
11 |
Interior painter |
210 M2 |
Preparing walls and other surfaces for painting by scraping, using sandpaper, removing old paint, |
|
12 |
Exterior painter |
115 M2 |
Cleaning the surface, preparing walls and other surfaces for painting by scraping, using sandpaper, removing old paint etc. |
|
13 |
Door-frame installator |
14 frames |
Transporting, installing, cleaning the site |
|
14 |
Door installator |
16 doors |
Transporting, installing, cleaning the site |
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We hope international employers find this information useful! Also, for more details, we have a short video of Vietnam construction worker’s trade test and interview with employers from NCC, Nesma and Partners and Trinet Grup!
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