Industrial Cleaner (Mining Workshop)

When production stops at a poultry processing plant in Kariega, your crew moves in and cleans everything down. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll be based at a poultry processing plant in Kariega. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Shampoo carpets and upholstery with an extraction machine
• Run a high-pressure washer on grease, oil and slurry build-up
• Lock out machines before cleaning, as the safety file requires
• Clear builders' dust, paint and cement off floors and windows after construction
• Test sanitiser strength with test strips and record the reading

• Reliable, as crews are small and each person counts
• Not scared of heights for window or rope crews
• Able to pass a medical fitness check for plant work
• Grade 10 or better; you must read chemical labels and safety data sheets
• Physically strong for wet, heavy work

• Pest control registration under the fumigation rules
• A Code 8 licence to drive the crew bakkie
• Chemical safety or HACCP hygiene training

• Night-shift and standby allowances
• Full PPE: waterproof suits, boots, goggles and respirators
• Paid training on machines and chemicals

• If you hold a heights or rope access ticket, attach it. It can double what you earn in this line of work.
• Put the machines and chemicals you have used at the top of your CV. Industrial cleaning companies hire on skills, not just willingness.