High-Pressure Wash Operator

Tough, messy cleaning at a mining workshop in Prospecton, paid better than ordinary cleaning. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Home base is a mining workshop on the Prospecton side of KwaZulu-Natal. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Clean drains and grease traps in commercial kitchens
• Lock out machines before cleaning, as the safety file requires
• Put out and check pest bait stations on the site map
• Shampoo carpets and upholstery with an extraction machine
• Foam, scrub and rinse walls, floors and conveyors with approved chemicals
• Store chemicals in the locked chemical store with safety data sheets
• Clear builders' dust, paint and cement off floors and windows after construction

• Grade 10 or better; you must read chemical labels and safety data sheets
• Physically strong for wet, heavy work
• Respect for chemical safety and PPE
• Able to pass a medical fitness check for plant work

• Working-at-heights or IRATA rope access ticket
• Pest control registration under the fumigation rules

• Night-shift and standby allowances
• Higher hourly rate than standard cleaning
• Full PPE: waterproof suits, boots, goggles and respirators

• Say you are available for night and shutdown work. That is when most factory hygiene cleaning happens.
• If you hold a heights or rope access ticket, attach it. It can double what you earn in this line of work.