Bricklayer's Assistant – Fixed-Term

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a road rehabilitation project in Durban Central can keep building. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in Durban Central, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• 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

• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan

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

• Paid weekly or fortnightly
• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days
• Learn from artisans with a chance to move up to assistant

• 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.