Packaging Line Operator (Rotating Shifts)

Good factory hands stay for years, and this plastic moulding plant in Benoni trains from day one. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll be based at a plastic moulding plant in Benoni. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley

• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check

• Some basic first-aid training
• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate

• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay
• Company transport on some night shifts

• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.
• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.