Bricklayer's Assistant

Every wall and slab on this shopping centre renovation in Atlantis needs labourers, and the crew needs one more. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in Atlantis, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor

• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Grade 8 or higher
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather

• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket

• Learn from artisans with a chance to move up to assistant
• Boots, hard hat and overalls issued on site
• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days
• Paid weekly or fortnightly

• If a foreman can vouch for you, put their number on your CV. Site hiring runs on word of mouth.
• List past sites by name and what you did there, like "mixed concrete, laid kerbs". It proves you have done real site work.