Meat Processing Line Worker

Here in Newcastle, an industrial bakery needs steady people who can repeat a task well for eight hours. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is an industrial bakery on the Newcastle side of KwaZulu-Natal. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

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

• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• Some basic first-aid training
• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Company transport on some night shifts
• Path to machine operator after six months

• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.
• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.