Civil Labourer (Road Works)

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a townhouse construction site in Fourways can keep building. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is Fourways-based, with most of your time spent at a townhouse construction site. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Clear rubble and load it into skips

• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• 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
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket
• 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
• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days

• 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.