23 October 2026Entry LevelDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

LINEN STORES ASSISTANT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH • Ref: REF-36/382

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Job Overview

Head Office in Cape Town (Tygerberg Laundry) is seeking a Linen Stores Assistant to provide effective hygiene and cleaning practices, support the Linen Supervisor, and handle daily loading, unloading, sorting, and packing of linen. Requirements include basic literacy and numeracy skills, appropriate central laundry experience, physical fitness for manual labour, and good communication skills.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum educational qualification: Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Experience: Appropriate Laundry and Linen experience in a Central Laundry setting.
Inherent requirement of the job: Physically fit to do manual labour.
Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good communication skills.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Provide effective, efficient, safe hygiene and cleaning practices within the laundry.
Provide a support service to Linen Supervisor.
Daily unloading of soiled linen from trucks.
Daily loading of trucks.
Return of clean linen to linen bank.
Packing of shelves in Linen bank.
Sorting of soiled linen under the supervision of the Linen Supervisor.

Enquiries & Contact

Contact Person for Enquiries:

: Mr J Roberts Tel No: (021) 933-0834

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Salary: R 144 024 - R 144 024 per annum
Closing date: 23 October 2026
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape

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Job Information

Department: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Reference No.: REF-36/382
Post Number: 36/382
Employment Level: Entry Level
Salary: R 144 024 - R 144 024 per annum
Centre / Location: Cape Town, Western Cape
Province: Western Cape
City: Cape Town
Country: South Africa
Closing Date: 23 October 2026
Published Date: 10 October 2026

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