Bricklayer's Assistant

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a shopping centre renovation in Montague Gardens can keep building. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

You'll report in Montague Gardens. Relocation is not covered for this one. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Clear rubble and load it into skips

• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• Grade 8 or higher
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan

• Learn from artisans with a chance to move up to assistant
• Boots, hard hat and overalls issued on site
• 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.