General Worker -Road Sections X3 (Dordrecht) at Joe Gqabi District Municipality

• Fixed term contract based on the remainder of the 3 (three) year Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the Eastern Cape Department of Transport (ECDOT) and the Joe Gqabi District Municipality (JGDM), ending 31 on March 2028.

REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 7.
• Ability to communicate in English and/or Afrikaans and Xhosa.
• Must be Self-motivated.
• Must be willing to work overtime as and when required both planned and unplanned.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receiving and issuing fuels, lubricants and other goods.
• Receiving specific work instructions relating to specific functions from the immediate superior.
• Loading all hand tools, protective clothing, and temporary road traffic signage required for the execution of roads construction and maintenance activities onto vehicles.
• Setting out all necessary work signs at the worksite as per the appropriate procedures.
• Operating stop and go signs at worksites.
• Removing any excess and obstructing material from the gravelled carriageway using suitable hand tools freeing it for road users.
• Filling and compacting of any large potholes within the gravelled carriageway with suitable material by means of suitable hand tools.
• Clearing of all silt, debris, and vegetation from storm water drainage structures with suitable hand tools as directed by the immediate supervisor.
• Collecting and removing debris, trash, and litter from road reserve by hand or with suitable hand tools.
• Clearing vegetation on road shoulders, inside curves, at intersections and around road signs using appropriate hand tools.
• Repairing damaged fences with suitable hand tools per specifications as directed by the immediate superior to keep animals off the road reserve and from possible collisions with oncoming traffic.
• Constructing gabion baskets for retaining walls by gathering and filling suitable rocks into baskets at structure embankments, unstable slopes, and gabion mattresses in water courses for scour protection.
• Constructing plain or grouted stone pitching by gathering suitable rocks and stacking it flat on exposed surfaces for erosion protection.
• Installing prefabricated concrete pipe culverts and backfilling excavated material in layers with hand tools and or mechanical equipment and clearing all spoil material from site. ·
• Taking care, maintaining cleanliness and safekeeping of hand tools, and reporting any identified problems to the immediate superior for further action.
• Any other duties as reasonably delegated by Management and as outlined in the job description linked to this position.