Painter's Assistant (Renovations)

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a low-cost housing development in Benoni can keep building. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is a low-cost housing development on the Benoni side of Gauteng.

• Dig trenches and foundations to the depth the foreman marks
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts

• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE

• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor
• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)

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

• 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.