Quality Sorter (Packaging Factory)

Good factory hands stay for years, and this plastic moulding plant in Pietermaritzburg trains from day one. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a plastic moulding plant on the Pietermaritzburg side of KwaZulu-Natal. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Move full bins and crates to the next station with a trolley
• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• 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
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe

• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check

• Experience assisting on a packaging or filling machine
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed

• Path to machine operator after six months
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Company transport on some night shifts

• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.
• Mention that you can work rotating shifts right at the top. It is the first thing most factories filter on.