VKB Group - General Workers, Maintenance - Grain Field Chickens (X2) 2024
Job Details
Division - VKB Agri Processors (Pty) Ltd
Business Unit - Grain Field Chickens (Pty) Ltd
Minimum experience - Entry Level
Company primary industry - Agriculture
Job functional area - Other
Job Description
Introduction
- Grain Field Chickens, a subsidiary of VKB Agriculture (PTY)Ltd, is a dynamic role player in the integrated broiler industry with an abattoir in Reitz in the North Eastern Free State. We offer you the opportunity to establish yourself within a professional, corporate environment in the countryside.
Job Description
- Responsible for activities associated with general work around the DAF unit area, feather area, sump area and the entire abattoir in accordance with laid down instructions/ policies and procedures.
About You:
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A willingness to work overtime, incl. shifts, on weekends and holidays when required.
- Grade 12 or NQF Level 4 Equivalent.
- The applicant should be in good physical condition as the position involves physical work and standing for extended periods.
- Able to work in warm abattoir areas with pungent smell (feathers, blood).
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensuring that the equipment is washed, and damaged or broken machines and equipment are reported to the shift controllers.
- Ensuring that the water sieve unit is clean and ready for start-up.
- Cleaning the DAF unit, feather press, sump pit and feather area.
- Ensuring that the feather area is clean and ready.
- Assist in inspecting broken shackles & yokes of the airline chiller during start-ups.
- Assisting in replacing the plucker fingers during weekend maintenance work.
- Ensuring that all valves, scrapers, screen, and pumps are in a good working condition.
- Ensuring that the machines are working the entire production time and reporting all failures in time as and when they occur.
- Ensuring that the sump pit room is clean and ready for start-up.
Skills Required
- Able to work under pressure.
- Knowledge of health and safety procedures (PPE).
- Understanding of production procedures.
- Team player.
- The company can expire jobs at any time at our own discretion. Should you not have received a response within 4 weeks of the closing date of this advert, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Closing Date: Not Yet Known
Important
Don't miss this opportunity to start your career at General Workers, Maintenance - Grain Field Chickens (X2) !
Interested and qualified candidates can apply through the following application link.