Forklift Driver

Operations
Accountable for own work within defined operating procedures, standards and work routines.
Job Purpose
To ensure effective operational excellence is achieved through the efficient and accurate loading and
offloading of production lines and trucks in operations.
Accountabilities and Outputs
Efficient Forklift Operation
Perform start up inspection and register for forklift operation
Feed production with preforms or empty cans
Feed lines with layer pads
Feed lines with empty pallets
Take out finished product from the Production Lines and place into the relevant warehouse sections
Abide by health and safety requirements of the company and ensure that actions do not endanger
fellow colleagues, equipment or property
Abide by quality measures in place within the company
Adherence to the health, safety, food and environmental standards
Staff shall adhere to all Food Safety Policies and PRPs and shall adhere to and enforce all food
safety requirements at all times
Staff shall adhere to Health, Safety & Environmental Policies and PRPs and shall adhere to and
enforce all Health and Safety requirements at all times
Visitor and Contractor Policy staff shall ensure that visitors or contractors entering the facility are
signed in, escorted and wear PPE, are aware of the hygiene policies and do not smoke, eat or drink
inside the facility
Code of Practice staff shall maintain high levels of personal hygiene in accordance with the code
of conduct
Handwashing Procedure Ensuring staff are cleaning and sanitizing hands efficiently before
handling the product.
Physical Contamination Control Policy and Procedure Staff shall be aware of the potential of
physical product contamination. Staff is aware of control measures to prevent physical
contamination.
Safety, Health and Environment Policy Staff take reasonable measures to ensure health and safety
hazards do not occur. Should an accident occur, staff shall be aware of the procedure of reporting
the incident.
First Aid Policy Staff are aware of the first aider on site. Staff is trained to report injuries and
illness to supervisors/first aiders.
Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
Maintains expected performance standards
Enforce compliance with relevant legislative and statutory requirements
Enforce GMPs and conduct themselves in a manner conducive with food safety practices
Attend Training and enforce learnings from the training for Quality, Food Safety and Health & Safety
that been prescribed for them
Be vigilant of food defense and food fraud risks
Maintain a high level of housekeeping within the work environment
General
Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are
stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green
red and yellow areas)
Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
Maintains expected performance standards
While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and
responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from
time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description
Qualifications and Experience
Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4 and valid Forklift Licence (Essential)
Upto 3 years experience (Operational Execution) FMCG
Key Qualities
Communication
Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks
Problem Solving
with guidelines provided or escalate more difficult problems to superiors.
Relationships Maintained
Others in own work areaForklift
Behavioural Competencies
Verbal Communication
Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.
Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal information.
Makes use of appropriate business language in verbal communication.
Includes all relevant information in verbal arguments.
Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal communication.
Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint in verbal communication.
Concludes verbal arguments by making reference to relevant facts
Decision Making
Organises information to make it easier to analyse or see trends.
Anticipates consequences and formulates alternatives.
Establishes clear decision criteria for making informed choices.
Seeks relevant information to better understand situations and problems.
Conducts appropriate analysis; neither makes snap decisions or over-analyses.
Sees relationships between various facts, figures or other information.
Continuous Improvement
Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved
Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, best practice companies, customers,
peers, subordinates, etc.
Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes
Proactively seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements
Collaboration
Helps o