Site Labourer (Concrete Crew)

Hard outdoor work on a school building project in Vanderbijlpark, with a chance to learn a trade while you earn. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

You'll be based at a school building project in Vanderbijlpark. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Clean tools, mixers and wheelbarrows at the end of each day
• Help offload deliveries of steel, timber and pipes
• Carry bricks, blocks and cement bags to where the bricklayers work
• Set up barriers, cones and signs around open trenches
• Erect and strip shutters and simple scaffolding under supervision
• Clear rubble and load it into skips

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

• Living near the site (many projects hire local labour)
• Some experience with a jackhammer, grinder or plate compactor

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

• 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.