Bricklayer's Assistant

Every wall and slab on this shopping centre renovation in Hammarsdale needs labourers, and the crew needs one more. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Hammarsdale-based, with most of your time spent at a shopping centre renovation.

• 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
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision

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

• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket
• Previous site work you can show with a reference

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

• 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.