Site Labourer (Concrete Crew) – Entry Level

Hard outdoor work on a low-cost housing development in Mamelodi, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Mamelodi, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Clear rubble and load it into skips
• Compact soil and layer bedding sand with a plate compactor
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Mix concrete and mortar by hand or with a small mixer
• Cut and lay paving bricks along string lines

• You take safety rules seriously and wear full PPE
• Prepared to travel between sites in the area
• Grade 8 or higher
• Able to follow instructions from a foreman or artisan

• A working-at-heights or scaffolding ticket
• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor
• Previous site work you can show with a reference

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

• List past sites by name and what you did there, like "mixed concrete, laid kerbs". It proves you have done real site work.
• Government-funded projects often reserve jobs for people from the local ward. Bring proof of address and ask the site office about the local labour desk.