The National Department of Public Works would like to warn learners from grade 10 to 12 including graduates, seeking employment, about a scam promising 700 learnerships at the department.
The scam promises to place the learners in a number of fields including brick laying, Plumbing, carpentry, boiler making, tiling and others. While the DPW has trained and continues to train hundreds of youth in these fields through its Expanded Public Works Programme, the recruitment on the internet through social networks, SMS, and Whatsapp is a scam.
The fraudulent recruitment has a link that takes the learnership programme seekers to a Jobs Department website. The big headline on the site reads Public Works Learnership programmes. When you click on the application for job, it further links you to a Facebook sign up page, requesting personal information like the name and surname, date of birth, phone or email address.
The contact people on the recruitment, Ester Sehlapelo and Linda Kaseke, do NOT work for the National Department of Public Works and the phone numbers listed do not belong to the National Department of Public Works.
The Department of Public Works is an equal opportunity employer and would never exclusively advertise jobs and learnership programmes on the internet and social media because that would exclude a large number of South Africans not on social media.
We request that everyone interested in applying for learnerships at the department must verify the legitimacy of the posts before divulging personal information that may be used to defraud them or compromise their security in the future. If in doubt, please go to the nearest Public Works office to verify with the HR unit or the Human Capital Investment unit. Alternatively, go to the official DPW website on www.publicworks.gov.za.
The National department of Public Works has 11 regional offices in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Kimberley, Durban, Mthatha, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Mahikeng and Nelspruit. The head office is also situated in Pretoria, corner Bosman and Madiba Streets.
Enquiries:
Thami Mcunu
National Department of Public Works
Cell: 079 519 6997
