Heatset Operator

Belgotex; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 120 000 - 150 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the textile industry is seeking a Heatset Operator in Pietermaritzburg. This role involves monitoring production processes, ensuring quality standards, and maintaining safety compliance. Ideal candidates will have a Grade 12 education and relevant experience in production. Join a dynamic team focused on excellence and innovation in manufacturing.

Qualifications

• CTFL Learnership or 1 year’s relevant production experience in Heat Set/Pattern Split is essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor tension devices and yarn ends in the Heatset machine.
• Attend to yarn breaks and ensure continuous operation.
• Document processes and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Education

Grade 12 / Matric

Job description

Job title : Heatset Operator

Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, PietermaritzburgDeadline : June 07, 2025Quick Recommended Links

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Key Accountabilities & Outputs

Production Management – Deep Focus

• Responsible for constantly monitoring the tension devices to remove any foreign matter; tension on yarn to be monitored using a tension meter.
• Responsible for monitoring the number of ends running into the Heatset machine to ensure that if one end breaks, the remaining ends are cut off immediately, and the correct number of ends re-threaded into the machine.
• Attend to yarn breaks immediately and ensure that the winders run continuously.
• Use the splicing gun to join the yarn.
• Ensure that all aspirated waste is weighed and removed at the end of each shift.
• Responsible for labelling all bobbins produced at Heatset and Pattern Split.
  
  

Stakeholder Relationships

• Attend daily shift team briefings and relay critical information to the Shift Supervisor to be constantly updated of issues requiring attention.
• Constantly update the shift supervisor on quality standards and product specific issues during the shift.
• Work with the other shift operators to implement solutions to quality defects or product specification issues detected.
  
  

Reporting and Documentation

• Ensure that all processes, recipes, and production specifications are documented into required SOP and process flow formats and stored centrally as per agreed document management system.
• Ensure the most up to date SOPs and transactional documentation are followed to ensure consistency of process
  
  

Safety, Health, Environment – We Tread Softly

• Perform all shift activities that ensure compliance with applicable safety, health and environment legislation and audit requirements.
• Clean the Heat Set/Pattern Split department to ensure that housekeeping standards are always maintained.
• Ensure housekeeping is kept to 5S standards.
  
  

Requirements

• Grade 12 / Matric with Math’s is essential.
• CTFL Learnership or 1 year’s relevant production experience in Heat Set/Pattern Split is essential.
• Communication skills in line with the Belgotex values.
• High attention to detail.
• Problem solving skills.
• Decision making skills.
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