Do you possess Grade 12 and want to work in water and maintenance infrastructure? Vaal Central Water is recruiting for the position of Artisan Assistant x11 posts.
Closign date: 17 May 2024
Location: Free State and Northern Cape
POSITION: Artisan Assistant (11)
JOB SITES:
- Northern Free State Region X (3) Balkfontein & Virginia REFERENCE NUMBER: AA/BKF/VCW/04/2024
- Northern Cape Region X (3) Vaal Gamagara X2 REFERENCE NUMBER: AA/VGG/VCW/04/2024
Namakwa (X1) REFERENCE NUMBER: AA/NMK/VCW/04/2024 - Orange River Region X (1) REFERENCE NUMBER: AA/ORR/VCW/04/2024
- Modder River Region X (4) REFERENCE NUMBER: AA/MRR/VCW/04/2024
POSITION TYPE: Permanent
Careers at Vaal Central Water
Vaal Central Water is a State-owned entity. It is a water board that operates in the Northern Cape and and Free State Province providing bulk water service to Municipalities and the mines.
Vaal Central Water is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. The intention is to promote representivity in the organization through the filling of vacancies.
Its mission is to create a leading, value-driven, effective and responsive water services Institution, adapting best practice methods in anticipating tomorrow’s challenges today.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure that pool vehicles are kept in a clean condition and report any maintenance intervention related requirements timeously.
- Maintain tools and equipment by ensuring that they are not lost or damaged, and report in incidents of loss or damage.
- Daily keeping of vehicle logbooks.
- Provide driving services by driving and delivering tools for repairs and maintenance to the maintenance and repair teams.
- Take an active role with repairs on bulk or other pipelines, from planning to execution.
- Executions not limited to excavation to replacement, bedding, and pipe filling.
- Weekly inspections and reporting of faults on pipelines and pipeline equipment.
- Perform functions as required, such as, operating of TLB, Grader, Mobile crane, Water tanker or excavator (Yellow fleet).
- Assist with preventative and corrective maintenance on the plant, pumpstations and pipelines.
- Involved with assisting in installation, repair, service and maintain pipes, valves, pumps, meters and other related mechanical machinery, boreholes, and plant equipment.
- Provide assistance with repairs on mainline pipe breaks within 36 hours.
- Assist with repairs of secondary breaks within 24 hours.
- Comply with leave policy by ensuring that leave, attendance registers and overtime documents are duly completed and signed.
- Observe health and safety protocols by ensuring compliance with regulations and policy and observe safety protocols.
- Any other task as assigned from time to time.
Qualifications/ Requirements
- Grade 12
- 1 year or more experience, working in the maintenance of water infrastructure.
- Machine operations: (An added advantage)
- – TLB – Crane
- – Excavator
- – Grader
- Valid Drivers’ License Code 11 – 14
How to Apply
Applications should be hand delivered to the nearest Regional Office of Vaal Central Water or alternatively electronically to email address: [email protected]
For enquiries, please contact Verah Zwane on 051-4030800.
PLEASE NOTE: (QUOTE THE REFERENCE NUMBER AND FULL NAME OF THE POSITION ON THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL WHEN APPLYING.)
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 3 months of the closing date of the advertisement, applicants should consider their applications as unsuccessful.
Vaal Central Water reserves the right not to fill the post.
Closing Date: Friday 17th May 2024. (No applications will be accepted after the closing date).
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