Dispatch Assistant (Building Materials)

Delivery days start early in Soweto, and a container unpacking yard needs you on the bay before the trucks roll. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

You'll be based at a container unpacking yard in Soweto. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Check goods received against the delivery note and flag shorts
• Sweep the bay and clear shrink-wrap after each loading
• Load trucks from the load sheet in drop order, last stop first
• Ride with the driver and carry goods into customers' premises
• Strap and secure loads so nothing shifts in transit

• Grade 9 or higher and able to read a delivery note
• Honest; you will be handling customer goods and cash-on-delivery slips
• Comfortable starting from 04:00 or working late loading shifts
• Friendly with customers at the door

• Meal allowance on long-route days
• Help to get your own licence through the company later
• Uniform and safety shoes provided

• 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.