Paving Team Labourer

Hard outdoor work on a townhouse construction site in Sandton, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Sandton (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Dig trenches and foundations to the depth the foreman marks

• 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

• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• Previous site work you can show with a reference

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

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