Fresh Produce Packer

Start in retail here: a hardware and building store in Mthatha trains packers who show up and work neat. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

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

• Build promotional displays at the ends of aisles
• Put up price tickets and promotion shelf strips
• Weigh, bag and price fruit and vegetables
• Face products so labels point forward and gaps are filled
• Pack shelves from the back, rotating older stock to the front (first in, first out)
• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager

• Polite with customers and happy to help
• Honest, since stock losses are checked closely
• Available for weekends, month-end and public holidays
• Basic reading and maths for price checks

• Being 18 or older for liquor store roles
• Some till or cash-handling experience
• Previous shelf packing or merchandising work

• Paid training in store procedures
• Travel allowance on merchandising routes
• Staff discount on groceries

• Hand your CV in at the store in person, early in the week, and ask for the store or receiving manager by name.
• If you have ever sold anything, even at a school tuck shop or a family stall, list it. It shows you are comfortable with customers.