Bricklayer's Assistant

Every wall and slab on this townhouse construction site in Coega needs labourers, and the crew needs one more. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Home base is a townhouse construction site on the Coega side of Eastern Cape.

• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts

• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan

• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• Previous site work you can show with a reference
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket

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

• Government-funded projects often reserve jobs for people from the local ward. Bring proof of address and ask the site office about the local labour desk.
• List past sites by name and what you did there, like "mixed concrete, laid kerbs". It proves you have done real site work.