Building sites across South Africa take on general workers with no experience — but the foreman keeps the ones who arrive on time, work safe, and can be trusted with a task. This course trains exactly that: how the site works and what it pays, the safety rules that keep you alive and employed, following instructions and measuring right, mixing concrete and mortar to the ratio, the tools and how to assist the artisan, and how to become the worker they ask back for the next job. Every lesson is practical. Finish it and you can walk onto a site ready to work, not just watch.
The Construction General Worker Readiness: Get Hired and Rehired on Site course is R99, done entirely on your phone in English and isiZulu, and gives you a certificate of competence you can verify online by QR code. It covers 6 modules and 0 short lessons, with a final assessment you must pass to earn the certificate.
It costs R99, once off. That includes every lesson, the assessment, and your certificate. You can pay by card, EFT or voucher.
No. The whole course works on any smartphone, and every lesson has a text mode so it uses very little data.
It is available in English and isiZulu. You choose your language and can switch on any lesson.
When you pass the final assessment you get a certificate of competence with a QR code an employer can scan to confirm it is real.
No. Sebenza Academy runs short skills-training programmes to help you become job-ready. They are not formal or state-recognised study programmes.