Offloader (Container Depot)

Trucks come in heavy and leave loaded at this furniture retailer warehouse in Pretoria East, and you move the stock in between. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a furniture retailer warehouse on the Pretoria East side of Gauteng.

• Check goods received against the delivery note and flag shorts
• Strap and secure loads so nothing shifts in transit
• Offload containers by hand, counting cartons as they come off
• Guide trucks reversing into the bay with hand signals
• Sweep the bay and clear shrink-wrap after each loading
• Load trucks from the load sheet in drop order, last stop first
• Ride with the driver and carry goods into customers' premises

• Friendly with customers at the door
• Able to lift and carry heavy items all day
• Honest; you will be handling customer goods and cash-on-delivery slips
• Willing to travel on routes that return late
• Comfortable starting from 04:00 or working late loading shifts

• Speaking more than one local language for customer drops
• A Code 8 or Code 10 licence (a route to becoming a driver)
• Basic furniture assembly skills

• Route-completion incentives in busy months
• Meal allowance on long-route days
• Uniform and safety shoes provided
• Help to get your own licence through the company later

• Keep your CV to one page with your phone number big and clear. Depot managers phone, they seldom email.
• If you are learning to drive, mention it. Depots like to grow assistants into drivers.