Machine Assistant (Plastics Moulding)

Machines set the pace at this plastic moulding plant in Coega; you keep up and catch the faults. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is Coega-based, with most of your time spent at a plastic moulding plant.

• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers

• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• Some basic first-aid training
• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate

• Path to machine operator after six months
• Company transport on some night shifts
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.