Production Line Worker (Food Factory)

Machines set the pace at this meat processing plant in Newcastle; you keep up and catch the faults. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a meat processing plant on the Newcastle side of KwaZulu-Natal.

• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones

• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection

• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• 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.