Meat Processing Line Worker

You'll keep the line running at a plastic moulding plant in Fourways, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is Fourways-based, with most of your time spent at a plastic moulding plant. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe

• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed
• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate

• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Path to machine operator after six months

• 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.