Paving Team Labourer

Hard outdoor work on a road rehabilitation project in Stellenbosch, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Stellenbosch. Relocation is not covered for this one. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Pass tools and materials to the plumber or electrician as needed

• Physically strong and fit for outdoor work in all weather
• Willing to start early, often at 06:30
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan
• Grade 8 or higher
• A clean record is preferred for some government sites

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket

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