Teachers' aides perform non-teaching duties to assist teaching staff, and provide care and supervision for children in schools and pre-schools.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
Check your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Teachers’ aides - from R6 706 to R19 402 per month - 2025.
- A Teachers’ aides typically earns between R6 706 and R12 807 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R6 949 and R13 568 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
Duties and tasks
- Demonstrating, supervising and participating in activities that enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and preschools
- Preparing indoor and outdoor areas for learning and recreational activities
- Assisting children with intellectual, physical, behavioural and other learning difficulties with their studies
- Assisting children individually to learn social skills
- Assisting with preparing teaching materials, and copying and collating written and printed material
- Operating audio-visual equipment, computers and other teaching aides
- Distributing and collecting lesson material
