Production Line Worker (Food Factory)

You'll keep the line running at a meat processing plant in Prospecton, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in Prospecton, KwaZulu-Natal, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet
• 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
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run

• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• 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

• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate
• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

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

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