Maintenance Fitter (Food Factory)

Planned maintenance and breakdown work on shift at the cement plant in Bloemfontein. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

Home base is a cement plant on the Bloemfontein side of Free State. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Respond to breakdowns and get the line running again safely
• Build and repair press tools, jigs and moulds
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Record work and spares used on the job card or CMMS
• Maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems on production lines

• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• Basic understanding of the General Machinery Regulations
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers
• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop

• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma
• Shift and standby allowances
• Tool allowance

• Expect a practical test. Measure twice and work cleanly, because the assessor watches your habits as much as the result.
• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".