Order Picker (Cold Store)

This is steady, physical warehouse work at a frozen-food distribution centre in Potchefstroom, and nobody minds if it's your first job. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a frozen-food distribution centre on the Potchefstroom side of North West.

• Count stock during weekly cycle counts and month-end stock takes
• Report damaged, short or expired items to the shift supervisor
• Pick orders from pick slips or a handheld scanner, bin by bin
• Move pallets with a hand pallet jack to the dispatch lane
• Label boxes with the correct waybill and route sticker
• Scan every item so the system shows the right stock count

• You can read product codes and count accurately
• Clean criminal record (most warehouses run a check)
• Grade 10 or higher; matric preferred
• Happy to work shifts, weekends and public holidays in peak season
• You're fit enough to lift boxes up to 25kg all shift
• Willing to wear safety boots, a reflector vest and gloves

• Staff canteen with subsidised meals
• Safety boots, overalls and freezer jackets supplied
• Chance to be trained on forklift after probation
• Overtime paid at time-and-a-half on weekdays

• Put your cellphone number and the area you live in at the very top of your CV. Warehouse recruiters phone fast and hire people close by.
• Arrive for the interview in closed shoes. Some warehouses walk you through the floor straight away.