Offloader (Container Depot)

Trucks come in heavy and leave loaded at this cement and brick yard in Soweto, and you move the stock in between. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a cement and brick yard on the Soweto side of Gauteng.

• Sweep the bay and clear shrink-wrap after each loading
• Assemble or place furniture where the customer asks
• Check goods received against the delivery note and flag shorts
• Guide trucks reversing into the bay with hand signals
• Get proof-of-delivery notes signed and stamped at each drop

• No criminal record
• Honest; you will be handling customer goods and cash-on-delivery slips
• Comfortable starting from 04:00 or working late loading shifts
• Able to lift and carry heavy items all day

• A Code 8 or Code 10 licence (a route to becoming a driver)
• Speaking more than one local language for customer drops
• Past work as a driver's assistant

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

• If you are learning to drive, mention it. Depots like to grow assistants into drivers.
• Say what hours you can start. Loading bays often hire the person who can be there at 04:00 without fail.