Painter's Assistant (Renovations)

Strong, willing hands are wanted on a townhouse construction site in Polokwane. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Polokwane, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision

• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• 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

• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor
• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)

• Learn from artisans with a chance to move up to assistant
• Boots, hard hat and overalls issued on site
• 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.