Meat Processing Line Worker – Permanent

Good factory hands stay for years, and this furniture assembly factory in Vereeniging trains from day one. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Vereeniging. Relocation is not covered for this one. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe

• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets

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

• Path to machine operator after six months
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay

• 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.