Hardware Store Yard Assistant

Start in retail here: a liquor store in Mthatha trains packers who show up and work neat. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is Mthatha-based, with most of your time spent at a liquor store.

• Check sell-by dates and pull expired stock for the manager
• Help customers find products and carry heavy items to cars
• 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)
• Unpack deliveries in the receiving area and sort by aisle

• Honest, since stock losses are checked closely
• Available for weekends, month-end and public holidays
• Able to stand and lift cases all shift
• Polite with customers and happy to help

• Some till or cash-handling experience
• Own transport for route merchandising jobs
• Being 18 or older for liquor store roles

• Travel allowance on merchandising routes
• Chance to move into till or department roles
• Staff discount on groceries
• Paid training in store procedures

• Stores fill weekend and night-fill slots first, so write "available weekends and nights" in your CV summary line.
• 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.