Bakery Production Hand (Early Shift) – Experienced

Good factory hands stay for years, and this meat processing plant in Umlazi trains from day one. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll report in Umlazi. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line

• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded

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

• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Company transport on some night shifts
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay
• Path to machine operator after six months

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.