Dispatch Assistant (Building Materials)

Delivery days start early in Richards Bay, and a furniture retailer warehouse needs you on the bay before the trucks roll. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

You'll be based at a furniture retailer warehouse in Richards Bay. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Ride with the driver and carry goods into customers' premises
• Assemble or place furniture where the customer asks
• Sweep the bay and clear shrink-wrap after each loading
• Load trucks from the load sheet in drop order, last stop first
• Offload containers by hand, counting cartons as they come off

• Friendly with customers at the door
• Honest; you will be handling customer goods and cash-on-delivery slips
• Willing to travel on routes that return late
• Able to lift and carry heavy items all day
• Comfortable starting from 04:00 or working late loading shifts
• No criminal record

• Uniform and safety shoes provided
• Route-completion incentives in busy months
• Help to get your own licence through the company later

• If you are learning to drive, mention it. Depots like to grow assistants into drivers.
• Say what hours you can start. Loading bays often hire the person who can be there at 04:00 without fail.