Artisan:Painter at The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

• To carry out the general building maintenance painting and decoration inside and outside buildings, perform general maintenance of building structures in line with maintenance schedule, ad-hoc repairs of building facilities.

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

• Undertake periodic painting of walls, roofs, floors, ceilings, storerooms, workshops, plant rooms, offices, ablution facilities, signage, parking & etc
• Carry out routine general building maintenance as per schedule to ensure equipment is kept in working order
• Undertake housekeeping and ensure log books are kept up-to-date
• Undertake installations, minor repairs and modifications as when required necessary to ensure that the equipment works according to set standards
• On-the-job training of staff in basic skills to ensure that the department's work is done efficiently
• Assist with maintaining the performance and appearance of building offices to specification for optimal use.
• Participate and motivate and developing the maintenance team (technical assistants)
• Implement maintenance plans for buildings
• Oversee minor and major projects
• Co-ordination role in contracts
• Organise, plan and control operational activities
• Carry out quality checks
• Set up and control Maintenance schedules and formulate daily routines
• Execute maintenance according to plan & Budget
• Fault finding repair work in line with developed repair methodology
• Conduct daily inspections and assessment of building structures (walls, doors, roofs floors etc)
• Compile lists of required material and control material 
• Ensure cleanness of storerooms, workshops, parking facilities and general
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly maintenance activity reports

GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE

• Maintain effective health and safety environment,
• Completion of risk assessments of the department
• Conduct tool box talks
• Monitor and enforce safety legal requirements on all machinery
• Ensure compliance to OHS act
• Ensure compliance to NKP act
• Compliance to Procurement processes
• Ensure compliance to SABC policies
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all stakeholder documents at all times

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Assist management in sourcing equipment and materials required.
• Assist management to draw up the operational and capital replacement budgets.
• Keep abreast of latest plumbing developments and technology.

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

• Qualified Painter Artisan (Minimum of NTC3 or N3 & Trade Test Certificate) or relevant qualification (NQF Level 4)
• 5 Years’ experience in painting, maintenance and building environment.
• Experience in general building maintenance systems.

KNOWLEDGE

• Follow building plans and blueprints
• Teamwork
• Identifies problems and finds solutions to them. 
• Isolates problem areas and uses appropriate techniques to solve them.
• Uses machinery and equipment safely. 
• Doesn’t put self or others at risk of injury. 
• Understanding of potential dangers in the workplace.
• Keep abreast with latest developments and technology.

Deadline:24th July,2026