Meat Processing Line Worker

Machines set the pace at this soft drink bottling plant in Brackenfell; you keep up and catch the faults. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

You'll report in Brackenfell. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages

• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Company transport on some night shifts
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Path to machine operator after six months
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay

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