Top skills for General Laborer jobs
Based on 155 active General Laborer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of General Laborer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Manufacturing21%
- Supervision21%
- Painting20%
- Railroads19%
- Vegetation19%
- Disabilities18%
- Construction16%
- Ladders16%
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)16%
- Vegetation Management16%
- Housekeeping15%
- Safety Procedures12%
- Life Insurance11%
- Manual Labor11%
- Power Equipment9%
- Steel9%
- Chemicals8%
- Construction Projects8%
- Basic Math7%
- Fractions7%
- Soil7%
- Excavations6%
- Asphalt6%
- Raw Materials6%
- Recycling6%
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