Tiler (Floors & Wet Areas)

Put your trade to work on the low-cost housing project in Alberton, with steady work for the length of the project. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a low-cost housing project on the Alberton side of Gauteng.

• Wear your hard hat, boots and harness wherever the foreman says
• Clean your tools and sweep your work area before knocking off
• Fix roof trusses, purlins and brandering for ceilings
• Build and strip formwork for columns, beams and slabs
• Cut, bend and tie reinforcing steel to the bending schedule

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

• Experience on NHBRC-registered housing projects
• CETA or NQF 2 or 3 certificate in your trade

• UIF and COIDA registration from day one
• PPE supplied: hard hat, gloves, reflective vest
• Transport from a pick-up point to site

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