Bricklayer's Assistant

Strong, willing hands are wanted on a low-cost housing development in Umhlanga. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Location: Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day

• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• Grade 8 or higher
• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Willing to start early, often at 06:30

• Paid weekly or fortnightly
• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days
• 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.