Building and Plumbing Labourers
On-the-job / entry-level Moderate growth · ANZSCO skill level 5 · occupation 8211
Building and Plumbing Labourers perform a variety of routine tasks associated with erecting and repairing structures and facilities, maintaining stormwater, drainage and sewerage systems, excavating earth and clearing and levelling sites, and installing and maintaining piping systems, fixtures and water regulators.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 6.4% university · 34.4% vet / tafe · 54.7% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Where these jobs are
NSW 38.3% · VIC 22.3% · QLD 19.7% · WA 9.3% · SA 6.9% · ACT 1.5% · TAS 1.2% · NT 0.7%
Top industries
Construction.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.