Bricklayer's Assistant

Hard outdoor work on a low-cost housing development in Springs, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll report in Springs. Relocation is not covered for this one. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines

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

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

• List past sites by name and what you did there, like "mixed concrete, laid kerbs". It proves you have done real site work.
• 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.