Special Workman (Team Leader): Water and Sewerages, Wolseley (REF: TEC 287)

Closing Date: 06 March 2026
Salary: : R 211 406.03 per annum (Post Level T7 of a Grade 4 Municipality)

Requirements:

• Grade 11 / A Proficiency Certificate / Equivalent N2 Level Certificate.
• Must have a valid code C driver's license with PRDP.
• 2-3 years’ experience.
• Good supervision, human relations, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Sound mathematical and technical skills.
• Sight, hearing and speech ability and must be physically fit and healthy.
• Ability to give attention to detail and must act responsibly.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle conflict.
• Required to work in all weather conditions.
• Required to work overtime and/or outside normal working hours during emergencies and planned overtime.
• Must perform duties in the whole municipal area.
• Fluent in at least 2 of the 3 languages spoken in the Western Cape: Afrikaans, English, or IsiXhosa.
• Please note: A performance agreement is also applicable to this position, whereby the employer reserves the right to institute a performance management program.

Duties:

• Perform   tasks    and    activities   associated   with    general maintenance and repair work in the area of responsibility using handheld tools and equipment to carry out scheduled work sequences in defined areas,
• Operate small plant machinery to break, crush and compact surfaces, pressure cleaning devices to clear blockages and remove debris from work areas.
• See to that Sewerage blocked pipes are unblocked, and that the area is cleaned where the blockage has been removed. Also applicable with all pipe bursts and leakages.
• Perform plumbing work.
• Perform specific activities associated with the provision of support at work sites
• Guided personnel with respect to specific maintenance applications through demonstrations and explanations   on
• specific sequences, assessing requirements, and communicating procedures and applications to personnel.
• Attending to queries from personnel with regards to specific waste items, assessing and providing information on the need for separation or continuation with collection sequence
• Cleaned work sites, equipment, tools, and load materials prior to departure from work site
• Remove and wash off debris from tools and equipment.
• Place and stack tools in the vehicle, observing sequences and procedures supporting safe transit.
• Supervise the work carried out by subordinate staff to be according to set standards
• Provide in-job training to new and existing personnel to ensure that work is carried out correctly
• Monitored the performance of subordinate staff to ensure that work programmes were carried out according to schedule
• Enforce safety practices in the workplace and ensure protective clothing is worn
• Responsible for ensuring that all safety regulations are enforced by subordinate staff
• Carry out inspections on site to ensure requirements are complied with
• Monitor and control the issue of safety clothes and equipment to subordinate staff
• Keep the vehicle logbook updated and maintained at all times for costing purposes
• Submit log sheets once a week according to prescribed guidelines.
• Report any faults to the immediate superior.
• Transporting personnel, materials, and equipment to/from specific allocations.
• Clean vehicle; Clean and maintain tools; Safekeeping of tools; Safekeeping and handling of chemicals; Keep work area clean and tidy