Construction General Worker (Building Site)

Every wall and slab on this school building project in Mokopane needs labourers, and the crew needs one more. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is in Mokopane (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision

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

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket

• Learn from artisans with a chance to move up to assistant
• 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.