Construction Worker (Bricklaying Assistant)

The low-cost housing project in Cape Town CBD needs skilled hands and helpers who know the basics of the building trade. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is in Cape Town CBD (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Wear your hard hat, boots and harness wherever the foreman says
• Clean your tools and sweep your work area before knocking off
• Tile floors, showers and splashbacks, including cutting around fittings
• Lay paving on a compacted, levelled bedding sand layer
• Plaster walls and float them to a smooth, even finish

• Safety boots of your own for the first week, if possible
• Able to follow a foreman's instructions and read basic measurements
• Willing to move between sites in the same city
• Understands basic site safety like scaffolds and open trenches
• Physically strong enough for a full day of lifting and bending outside

• Your own trowels, levels and tile cutter
• CETA or NQF 2 or 3 certificate in your trade
• Experience on NHBRC-registered housing projects

• Weekly or fortnightly pay, always on time
• Chance to move up to a gang leader post
• Transport from a pick-up point to site

• Say which trade you are strongest in first. "Bricklayer, 6 years, face brick" is better than "general construction".
• Be ready to do a short practical test on site. Arrive early with your own tools if you have them.