Quality Sorter (Packaging Factory) – Immediate Start

You'll keep the line running at a snack food factory in Cape Town CBD, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a snack food factory in Cape Town CBD. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages

• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• No problem wearing full PPE, including ear protection
• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Available for rotating day and night shifts

• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate
• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Path to machine operator after six months
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets

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