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  4. Shelf fillers

Shelf fillers

Shelf fillers stock shelves and display areas and keep stock clean and in order in supermarkets and other retail and wholesale shops.

Skill level: Unskilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Shelf fillers - from R8 170 to R19 828 per month - 2025.
  • A Shelf fillers typically earns between R8 170 and R15 616 net per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between R8 352 and R17 405 per month for a working week of 45 hours.

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  • Shelf stacker

Duties and tasks

  • Placing goods neatly in bins and on racks, and stacking bulky goods on floors
  • Filling shelves with goods and ensuring that goods with the earliest use-by dates are at the front of shelves
  • Removing goods with past due use-by dates
  • Maintaining shelf order by removing stock belonging in a different location
  • Noting what has been sold and collecting goods needed from the stockroom
  • Obtaining articles for customers from shelf or stockroom
  • Directing customers to location of articles sought
  • Receiving, opening, unpacking and inspecting for damage merchandise from manufacturer or distributor

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  • Shelf stacker

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