Advanced Vocabulary - Builders and People Who Work in the Building Trade

Builders and People Who Work in the Building Trade

brickie noun

British informal a bricklayer.

bricklayer noun

someone whose job is to build walls using bricks.

builder noun

someone whose job is to repair and build houses.

builder noun

someone whose job is to build a particular type of vehicle, system, or machine.

joiner noun

someone whose job is to make the wooden parts of buildings, for example doors and windows.

labourer noun

someone whose job involves hard physical work, for example building work.

mason noun

someone whose job is to cut stones into pieces that can be used in building.

navvy noun

British old-fashioned someone whose job is to do hard physical work, for example build roads or dig railways.

plasterer noun

someone whose job is to put plaster on walls or ceilings.

quantity surveyor noun

British someone whose job is to calculate how much a building, road, or other structure will cost, taking into account the quantities of bricks, wood, and other materials that will be needed.

roofer noun

someone whose job is to build or repair the roofs of buildings.

surveyor noun

someone who measures land in order to find borders or to decide where buildings will go.

tiler noun

someone whose job is to put tiles on a wall, floor, or roof.

workman noun

a man who does physical work, especially building or repairing things.

total words = 14