Quality Sorter (Packaging Factory)

Here in Umlazi, a furniture assembly factory needs steady people who can repeat a task well for eight hours. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is in Umlazi (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Clean down machines and floors at the end of each run
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• 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
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number

• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Available for rotating day and night shifts
• 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

• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory
• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed
• Some basic first-aid training

• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Path to machine operator after six months
• 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.
• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.