Meat Processing Line Worker – Fixed-Term

You'll keep the line running at a soft drink bottling plant in Durban Central, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Location: Durban Central, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Follow lock-out procedures when helping with cleaning inside machines

• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area

• 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.
• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.