Pest Control and Hygiene Assistant

When production stops at a mining workshop in Vanderbijlpark, your crew moves in and cleans everything down. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

You'll be based at a mining workshop in Vanderbijlpark. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Clean drains and grease traps in commercial kitchens
• Lock out machines before cleaning, as the safety file requires
• Clear builders' dust, paint and cement off floors and windows after construction
• Put out and check pest bait stations on the site map
• Shampoo carpets and upholstery with an extraction machine
• Run a high-pressure washer on grease, oil and slurry build-up
• Foam, scrub and rinse walls, floors and conveyors with approved chemicals

• Willing to work nights and weekends when plants shut down
• Not scared of heights for window or rope crews
• Grade 10 or better; you must read chemical labels and safety data sheets
• Physically strong for wet, heavy work
• Able to pass a medical fitness check for plant work

• Working-at-heights or IRATA rope access ticket
• A Code 8 licence to drive the crew bakkie
• Experience using a high-pressure washer or carpet extractor

• Full PPE: waterproof suits, boots, goggles and respirators
• Paid training on machines and chemicals
• Higher hourly rate than standard cleaning
• Night-shift and standby allowances

• Say you are available for night and shutdown work. That is when most factory hygiene cleaning happens.
• If you hold a heights or rope access ticket, attach it. It can double what you earn in this line of work.