Meat Processing Line Worker

Machines set the pace at this soft drink bottling plant in Pretoria West; you keep up and catch the faults. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

You'll be based at a soft drink bottling plant in Pretoria West. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects

• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• Some basic first-aid training

• Company transport on some night shifts
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Path to machine operator after six months
• Staff shop with discounted factory products

• 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.