Electrician's Assistant (House Wiring)

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a low-cost housing development in Germiston can keep building. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is in Germiston (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches

• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites

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

• 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.