Construction General Worker (Building Site)

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a low-cost housing development in Germiston can keep building. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll report in Germiston. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches

• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan
• 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

• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket
• Previous site work you can show with a reference
• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)

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

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