Paving Team Labourer

Hard outdoor work on a road rehabilitation project in Secunda, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

This post is Secunda-based, with most of your time spent at a road rehabilitation project. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• 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
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed

• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites
• Grade 8 or higher
• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE

• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)

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

• 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.