Construction General Worker (Building Site)

Every wall and slab on this road rehabilitation project in Soweto needs labourers, and the crew needs one more. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

The work is in Soweto, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Dig trenches and foundations to the depth the foreman marks
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor

• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• Grade 8 or higher
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites

• Previous site work you can show with a reference
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket

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

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