Assembly Line Worker (Furniture Plant)

Machines set the pace at this industrial bakery in Ballito; you keep up and catch the faults. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

This post is Ballito-based, with most of your time spent at an industrial bakery.

• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Follow lock-out procedures when helping with cleaning inside machines
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe

• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded

• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed
• Some basic first-aid training

• Company transport on some night shifts
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.