Product graders and testers (excluding foods and beverages)
Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages) inspect , test, sort, sample, and weigh raw materials, manufactured components and non-comestible goods produced or sold, to ensure compliance with quality standards and to identify defects, wear, and deviations from specifications, and to grade and classify them according to their quality.
Skill level: Semi-skilledCheck your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Product graders and testers (excluding foods and beverages) - from R11 545 to R42 506 per month - 2025.
- A Product graders and testers (excluding foods and beverages) typically earns between R11 545 and R22 466 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R13 205 and R28 545 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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- Product grader or tester (not in foods and beverages)
- Quality inspector agricultural products
- Quality inspector cattle, meat, fish
- Quality inspector computer equipment
- Quality inspector electrical equipment or eletronic components
- Quality inspector food (no meat or fish)
- Quality inspector glass, glass products
- Quality inspector grains, seeds
- Quality inspector machines, appliances, vehicles
- Quality inspector metal goods, metalware
- Quality inspector noise pollution (licences, inspection)
- Quality inspector clothing, leatherwear
- Quality inspector rubber, plastic products
- Quality inspector vehicles, machines
Duties and tasks
- Inspecting and testing products, parts and materials for conformity with specifications and standards
- Grading and classifying natural textile fibres for spinning and winding
- Discarding or rejecting products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications
- Analyzing and interpreting blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures
- Notifying supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assisting in identifying and correcting these problems
- Recording inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded
- Marking items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status
- Measuring dimensions of products using instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers
- Analyzing test data and making computations as necessary to determine test results
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- Product grader or tester (not in foods and beverages)
- Quality inspector agricultural products
- Quality inspector cattle, meat, fish
- Quality inspector computer equipment
- Quality inspector electrical equipment or eletronic components
- Quality inspector food (no meat or fish)
- Quality inspector glass, glass products