Packaging Line Operator (Rotating Shifts)

You'll keep the line running at a furniture assembly factory in Kariega, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Location: Kariega, Eastern Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Follow lock-out procedures when helping with cleaning inside machines
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones

• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Available for rotating day and night shifts

• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• Some basic first-aid training
• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate

• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Path to machine operator after six months

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.