Artisan Chief Grade A: Production (x2 posts)

Planning and coordinating production to meet quality, output, and turnaround targets. Overseeing automated, semi-automated and manual finishing, binding and packaging processes. Managing examination packaging, hard-cover binding, thread-sewn books, book-cover printing, collating, numbering, pasting, drilling, and stapling. Controlling wastage, protecting confidential and security products and verifying production and packaging quantities. Monitoring quality, investigating defects, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring compliance with ISO standards where applicable. Maintaining production records, analysing productivity trends, preparing reports, and approving completed batches for dispatch. Ensuring equipment is cleaned, calibrated, maintained, and repaired through preventative maintenance and Engineering support. Managing SHERQ and OHSA compliance, risk assessments, incident investigations, PPE use, and safety talks. Supervising staff, allocating work, monitoring performance, managing attendance and discipline, and conducting performance reviews. Training and developing learners, artisans, and printer assistants. Developing policies, strategies, production procedures, continuous improvement measures, and Standard Operating Procedures. Ensure effective and efficient production and process flow in the Division. Keep up to date with new developments in the functional area, ensuring optimum production in the Division. Develop policies and strategies. Review, implement and comply with production procedures and policies as required by GPW.