Maintenance of buildings including conducting regular building and ground inspections and reporting to the Chief Administration Clerk (Facilities), attending to minor electrical, plumbing and carpentry problems and performing general repairs. Maintenance of office, garden equipment, machinery and furniture including repairing broken furniture, machinery and equipment, assessing and reporting defects, compiling lists of material requirements for repairs, safekeeping of maintenance tools and supplies and maintaining stock registers. Maintaining the garden and outside areas including watering the garden, cleaning gutters, furrows and drains, pruning and trimming flowers and trees, mowing the grass, removing weeds and garden refuse, applying insecticides and poisons, cultivating soil for trees and flowers, maintaining gardening equipment and tools, detecting and reporting malfunctioning of gardening equipment and tools, repairing minor defects, requesting maintenance material and keeping and maintaining stock registers. Performing general assistant work including loading and offloading furniture, equipment and goods, cleaning government vehicles, cleaning workstations and offices, preparing and cleaning venues and raising or lowering the South African flag.
Basic knowledge of electrical maintenance including replacing bulbs and plugs, basic knowledge of plumbing, carpentry and machinery, basic knowledge of building maintenance, OHS requirements and handling of machinery and equipment.
Writing, reading and numeracy skills. Communication skills. Practical skills. Skills to operate machinery and equipment.