Foreman: Cleaning (Environmental And Medical Waste Removal Service)

Closing date: 17 Jul 2026
Department: Western Cape - Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness

Salary: R201 093 per annum

Centre: Tygerberg Hospital, Parow Valley

Requirements

Minimum educational qualification: General Education and Training Certificate (GETC)/ grade 9 (Std. 7).
Experience: Appropriate experience in medical waste in a hospital environment.
Inherent requirement of the job: Willingness to work shifts (weekends and public holidays).
Code 8 driver’s licence.
Competencies (knowledge/skills): Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to work independently and in a team context.
Knowledge of Provincial Gazette: - Act 7 of 2007 Western Cape Health Care Waste Management Act, 2007.
Knowledge of the “cradle to grave” approach and subsequent actions of health care risk waste.
Knowledge of the grievance procedure, code of good practice: dismissal and disciplinary code and procedure for the public service.
Basic knowledge of Staff Performance Management System

Duties

Control the utilisation of personnel to ensure various types of waste generated at the hospital is timeously transported to the correct holding areas.
Ensure that disciplinary procedures are effectively enforced.
Ensure that personnel clean medical waste trolleys, hospital building entrances, courtyards, pigswill area, waste holding area at basement level.
Effectively execute all administrative functions applicable on a supervisory level and provide an effective support to the Principal General Foreman and the Senior
Administrative Officer: Support Services.

Enquiries

Ms L White Tel No: (021) 938-4121

Applications

Applications are submitted online via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs
(click “online applications”).

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