Bakery Production Hand (Early Shift)

Machines set the pace at this meat processing plant in Mamelodi; you keep up and catch the faults. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is Mamelodi-based, with most of your time spent at a meat processing plant. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet

• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check

• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Company transport on some night shifts
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets

• 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.