Machine Assistant (Plastics Moulding)

Machines set the pace at this soft drink bottling plant in Krugersdorp; 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.

Location: Krugersdorp, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card

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

• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Path to machine operator after six months
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay

• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.
• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.