Factory Hand (Bottling Plant)

Machines set the pace at this snack food factory in George; you keep up and catch the faults. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in George (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Follow lock-out procedures when helping with cleaning inside machines
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet

• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine

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

• 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.