Building construction labourers perform routine tasks in connection with building construction and demolition work.
Skill level:
Unskilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Building construction labourers - from R7 927 to R19 271 per month - 2025.
- A Building construction labourers typically earns between R7 927 and R13 131 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R8 287 and R14 271 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Cleaning used building bricks and doing other simple work on demolition sites
- Mixing, pouring and spreading materials such as concrete, plaster and mortar
- Digging and filling holes and trenches using hand-held tools
- Spreading sand, soil, gravel and similar materials
- Loading and unloading construction materials, excavated material and equipment and transporting them around construction sites using wheelbarrows, hods and hand trucks
- Cleaning work sites and removing obstructions
