Painter's Assistant (Renovations)

Hard outdoor work on a townhouse construction site in Kathu, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll be based at a townhouse construction site in Kathu. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• 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
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor

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

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database

• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days
• Learn from artisans with a chance to move up to assistant
• Paid weekly or fortnightly

• List past sites by name and what you did there, like "mixed concrete, laid kerbs". It proves you have done real site work.
• 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.