Bricklayer's Assistant

Hard outdoor work on a school building project in Pretoria East, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Pretoria East (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Dig trenches and foundations to the depth the foreman marks
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day

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

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database

• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days
• Paid weekly or fortnightly
• Boots, hard hat and overalls issued on site

• 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.