Plumber's Helper (Residential) – Immediate Start

Hard outdoor work on a low-cost housing development in Khayelitsha, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is Khayelitsha-based, with most of your time spent at a low-cost housing development.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Dig trenches and foundations to the depth the foreman marks
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines
• Sign the daily safety talk register before work starts
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer

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

• Registered on your ward or municipal job-seeker database
• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor

• Paid weekly or fortnightly
• Boots, hard hat and overalls issued on site
• 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.