Matjhini

Demonstrated experience with Advanced driving and heavy machinery skills.

Demonstrated experience with Technical welding and structural skills.

Demonstrated experience with Logistics compliance and terminal operations.

Demonstrated experience with General labor, site safety and public work support skills.

Executed daily site-preparation tasks, including clearing debris, staging building materials, and setting up safety barriers.. Operated hand and power tools safely to assist with excavation, structural concrete mixing, and bricklaying foundations.. Maintained strict compliance with site safety standards, ensuring correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to minimize workplace hazards.

Operated heavy excavators to dig precise trenches for high-voltage and low-voltage underground power cable routing.. Excavated areas safely around existing services, utilizing ground-detection maps to avoid damaging pre-existing electrical infrastructure or water pipes.. Backfilled and compacted trenches post-installation to restore site surfaces back to industrial safety standards.

Erecting Structural Steel: You welded massive I-beams, H-beams, columns, and girders together to form the main load-bearing skeleton of the structure.. Installing Decking and Joists: You tacked down corrugated metal floor decking to steel joists so concrete crews could safely pour floors.. Fabricating On-Site: You cut, modified, and welded miscellaneous steel elements like staircases, handrails, fire escapes, lintels, and heavy equipment brackets.. Pipe and Utility Infrastructure: If it was an industrial build, you may have welded heavy-wall pipes for water, gas, or HVAC systems.

Digging trenches: You used hand tools like shovels and picks to manually dig trenches for laying or exposing water and sewer pipelines.. Draining water: You operated mechanical water pumps to clear flooded chambers, deep sumps, or excavations so plumbing repairs could happen safely.. Backfilling: You manually shoveled soil and gravel back into trenches once pipe repairs were completed by the artisans.

Operating Extra-Heavy Vehicles: You drove articulated commercial vehicles (GCM over 16,000 kg), such as heavy mechanical horses pulling interlinks, tri-axle flatbeds, or skeletal container trailers.. Transnet Terminal & Port Navigation: You navigated busy Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) and Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) hubs (e.g., City Deep or Durban Port), strictly following slot-booking systems and staging area protocols.. Weighbridge & Load Compliance: You ran vehicles through Transnet and national weighbridges to ensure total gross and axle-weight compliance, preventing overloading fines.. Cargo Securing & Inspections: You conducted pre-trip inspections (brakes, tires, fifth-wheel coupling) and ensured shipping containers were locked down with twist-locks or bulk cargo was secured with heavy straps.. High-Security Corridor Driving: You navigated major freight routes (like the N3 or N1) while adhering to strict anti-hijacking protocols and maintaining constant communication with fleet tracking rooms.

Land Preparation: You operate high-horsepower tractors to pull heavy implements for plowing, ripping, disking, and tilling Free State soils before the planting season begins.. Planting and Seeding: You calibrate and pull modern planter attachments to ensure accurate seed placement and spacing for crops like white/yellow maize or sunflowers.. Hauling Crop Bins: During harvest time, you drive tractors pulling massive grain carts or trailers alongside combines to collect harvested crops and transport them safely to the farm's silos or local Senwes / Afgri grain delivery depots.. Basic Mechanical Care: You perform daily pre-start maintenance checks on the tractor, including checking engine oil levels, hydraulic fluids, tire pressures, and greasing all moving parts on implements.

You operate or assist with large combine harvesters, managing header attachments, threshing speeds, and unloading augers to maximize crop yield and minimize field loss.. On diversified farms, you manually pick, sort, and crate specialized crops, checking for quality, rot, or pest damage before packaging.. You assist with operating static farm machinery such as grain augers, drying fans, or sorting tables to process harvested material for storage.