It\u2019s not uncommon for people to enter dangerous industries in order to make a living, and with roughly 27% of the population being unemployed, these risky options are becoming more and more appealing. But aside from the obvious risks, most of these dangerous jobs pay seriously attractive salaries. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the most dangerous professions in South Africa.<\/p>\n
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As evident in the destructive fires of the Western Cape and the Garden Route, it\u2019s super dangerous to fight fires<\/a> for a living. Recently, a firefighter from Knysna lost his life after sustaining burns over 70% of his body. Luckily, organisations like Working on Fire train young men and women to be capable of safely extinguishing fires across more than 200 base stations throughout the country.<\/p>\n Available jobs:<\/strong> 35<\/p>\n Average salary:<\/strong> R381,722 per year<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During 2016 and 2017, roughly 57 South African policemen lost their lives while on duty. These brave men and women face a lot of challenges on a daily basis to ensure the safety of SA citizens.<\/p>\n Available jobs:<\/strong> refer to the SAPS website<\/a><\/p>\n Average salary:<\/strong> refer to the SAPS website<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2016, 73 South African miners lost their lives, the most lives being lost at Goldfields. Some of the dangers these brave souls face on a daily basis include entrapment, inhalation of toxic gases, exploding vessels under pressure, and ignition or explosion of gases or dust. Although South Africa has various mining operations, miners are in high demand at gold, coal, and platinum mines across the country. Although there are very dangerous jobs in the mining indusrty, these are mostly sub-surface jobs. Mining jobs above the surface pay fairly well and are far less dangerous than the ones below the surface.<\/p>\n Available jobs:<\/strong> 244<\/p>\n Average salary:<\/strong> R757,051 per year<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Paramedics and emergency services personnel put their own lives at risk in order to save the lives of others. In most cases, paramedics are ensured by the Worker\u2019s Compensation Fund that covers these professionals against damage or loss in the workplace.<\/p>\n Available jobs:<\/strong> 61<\/p>\n Average salary:<\/strong> R351,460 per year<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to an Occupational Care South Africa report<\/a>, roughly two construction workers lose their lives on a weekly basis. More often than not, these employees risk their lives because proper safety measures are not in place.<\/p>\n Available jobs:<\/strong> 34<\/p>\n Average salary:<\/strong> R225,100 per year<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you\u2019re not too keen on signing up for danger pay, don\u2019t despair. Adzuna lists 140,000 jobs<\/a> that are safe (well, most of them) and pay salaries that don\u2019t include risk-pay. Be sure to check them out today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s not uncommon for people to enter dangerous industries in order to make a living, and with roughly 27% of the population being unemployed, these risky options are becoming more and more appealing. But aside from the obvious risks, most of these dangerous jobs pay seriously attractive salaries. Let\u2019s take a look at some of Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[471],"class_list":["post-1790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2. Policemen<\/h3>\n
3. Mining<\/h3>\n
4. Paramedics<\/h3>\n
5. Construction workers<\/h3>\n