Paving Team Labourer

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a shopping centre renovation in Fourways can keep building. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is in Fourways (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Clear rubble and load it into skips

• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Grade 8 or higher
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather

• 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

• 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.