Shutter Hand (Concrete Formwork)

You'll build it with your hands: walls, floors, roofs and finishes on the low-cost housing project in Bloemfontein. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

You'll be based at a low-cost housing project in Bloemfontein. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Build and strip formwork for columns, beams and slabs
• Tile floors, showers and splashbacks, including cutting around fittings
• Lay paving on a compacted, levelled bedding sand layer
• Fix roof trusses, purlins and brandering for ceilings
• Clean your tools and sweep your work area before knocking off
• Cut, bend and tie reinforcing steel to the bending schedule

• Punctual every morning, even in winter
• Physically strong enough for a full day of lifting and bending outside
• Able to follow a foreman's instructions and read basic measurements
• Willing to move between sites in the same city
• Proven experience in at least one trade, shown by references or a practical test
• Safety boots of your own for the first week, if possible

• Trade test in bricklaying, carpentry or plastering
• Your own trowels, levels and tile cutter

• UIF and COIDA registration from day one
• Transport from a pick-up point to site
• Chance to move up to a gang leader post

• Bring photos of your work on your phone. A foreman believes a straight wall more than a long CV.
• Say which trade you are strongest in first. "Bricklayer, 6 years, face brick" is better than "general construction".