Meat Processing Line Worker

You'll keep the line running at a plastic moulding plant in Lephalale, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Lephalale (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• 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

• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed
• Some basic first-aid training

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

• 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.