Painter's Assistant (Renovations)

Hard outdoor work on a shopping centre renovation in Rustenburg, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The site is in Rustenburg; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying.

• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor

• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• Grade 8 or higher
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket
• Previous site work you can show with a reference

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

• List past sites by name and what you did there, like "mixed concrete, laid kerbs". It proves you have done real site work.
• If a foreman can vouch for you, put their number on your CV. Site hiring runs on word of mouth.