Paving Team Labourer

Hard outdoor work on a road rehabilitation project in Umhlanga, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is a road rehabilitation project on the Umhlanga side of KwaZulu-Natal.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• 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
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes

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

• Previous site work you can show with a reference
• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database

• 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.