Returns Processing Hand

This is steady, physical warehouse work at a building-supplies depot in Mahikeng, and nobody minds if it's your first job. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Mahikeng-based, with most of your time spent at a building-supplies depot. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Pack cartons, add fillers and seal them with tape guns
• Keep aisles clear of plastic, cardboard and loose pallets
• Label boxes with the correct waybill and route sticker
• Scan every item so the system shows the right stock count
• Pick orders from pick slips or a handheld scanner, bin by bin
• Move pallets with a hand pallet jack to the dispatch lane

• Grade 10 or higher; matric preferred
• You can read product codes and count accurately
• Clean criminal record (most warehouses run a check)
• Happy to work shifts, weekends and public holidays in peak season
• Punctual, with reliable transport home after late shifts
• Willing to wear safety boots, a reflector vest and gloves

• Experience in a cold-chain or freezer environment
• Basic computer skills for capturing counts
• Previous picking experience with a handheld RF scanner

• Chance to be trained on forklift after probation
• Staff canteen with subsidised meals
• Permanent appointment for reliable temps after peak season

• If you have done any stock counts, packing or even shelf work before, list it first. It shows you already know how to handle stock.
• Put your cellphone number and the area you live in at the very top of your CV. Warehouse recruiters phone fast and hire people close by.