Call for Application- Uthukela District Municipality Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) 2025/26 now open.
The Uthukela District Municipality will be running an Extended Public Works Program in line with its adopted EPWP policy which seeks to create opportunities for the local unemployed people within the Uthukela District Municipality as part of the Expanded Public Works Programme for a period of not exceeding 12 months.
Stipend: AS PER THE EPWP GUIDELINES
Uthukela District Municipality EPWP 2025/26 Applications Requirements:
Applicants must reside within the jurisdiction of UThukela District Municipality, must be unemployed and not receiving any grant and must be in possession of valid South African identity document. The candidate must be willing to participate in the council’s EPWP Maintenance Programme and to work under pressure in different environments under the auspices of municipal driven co-operative approach.
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Added Advantage: High School Diploma or equivalent, Relevant Vocational Training (TVET) or certifications relating to Plumbing, Pipefitting or Wastewater Treatment.
Physical Requirements: Physical Fitness – The job often requires heavy lifting, standing for long periods and working in various weather conditions, Ability to work in confined spaces tasks such as Sewer maintenance may require working in tight or underground spaces.
Experience: Prior experience and knowledge in plumbing, water distribution or sewerage systems maintenance is an added advantage.
Duties to be undertaken: Successful candidates are expected to undertake any work specified within the UThukela District Municipality not limited to general maintenance duties in different municipal areas.
Compulsory Requirements: A candidate must submit an application form which is available at municipal offices along with certified ID document, Proof of residence (stamped) from a ward councillor as well as copies of education qualification (if any). No CV’s are required.
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY PARTICIPATED IN APPRENTICESHIP OR INTERNSHIP/EPWP WITHIN THE UTHUKELA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
The Municipality reserves the right not to appoint.
CLOSING DATE: 13 JUNE 2025
ENQUIRIES: HUMAN RESOURCES: 036-6385100
All applications must be hand-delivered to the Main Municipal Uthukela District Municipality offices, 36 Lylle Street, Ladysmith, office Number 62. No Faxed, emailed and posted applications shall be considered. The envisaged contract shall not exceed twelve months. NO canvassing and bribery shall be done to any person in order to qualify to participate, the application forms will be collected at reception and on the Municipal webiste.
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