Paving Team Labourer

You'll mix, carry, dig and clean up so the tradespeople on a low-cost housing development in Mbombela can keep building. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

This post is Mbombela-based, with most of your time spent at a low-cost housing development. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Dig trenches and foundations to the depth the foreman marks
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work

• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan
• Grade 8 or higher
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites

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

• Paid weekly or fortnightly
• Boots, hard hat and overalls issued on site
• Overtime on weekend pours and deadline days

• 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.