Meat Processing Line Worker – Entry Level

Here in Gqeberha, a furniture assembly factory needs steady people who can repeat a task well for eight hours. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a furniture assembly factory on the Gqeberha side of Eastern Cape.

• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Follow lock-out procedures when helping with cleaning inside machines
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• 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
• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers

• 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
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection

• Some basic first-aid training
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Company transport on some night shifts
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets

• 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.