Bricklayer's Assistant

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a townhouse construction site in Polokwane can keep building. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Location: Polokwane, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes

• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• Grade 8 or higher
• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• 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

• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• Previous site work you can show with a reference

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

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