Packaging Line Operator (Rotating Shifts)

Here in Centurion, a meat processing plant needs steady people who can repeat a task well for eight hours. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Centurion, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card

• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check

• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Path to machine operator after six months
• Company transport on some night shifts

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.