Thabisile Aletta Mashego
Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga
Summary
I am a dynamic agricultural specialist working as a Quality Controller, with 7 years of established expertise in broiler breeder farms and hatchery at Daybreak Foods. I specialize in poultry quality management, animal welfare, biosecurity, and ensuring compliance with the relevant stakeholders. I have a proven track record of auditing, incident investigation and root cause analysis, document control, training and facilitation. I developed comprehensive SOPs and training manuals aimed at enhancing operational efficiency. As a collaborative leader, I effectively oversaw compliance throughout production, ensuring adherence to quality standards and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Controller
Daybreak Foods
06.2018 - Current
- Company Overview: Poultry Breeders and Hatchery Division
- Responsible for 1 poultry hatchery and 2 breeder broiler farms containing 112 chicken houses.
- Responsible for implementing and enforcing all biosecurity measures and procedures at hatchery and breeder farms.
- Form a collaborative team effort to ensure all farms remain free from controlled and notifiable poultry diseases.
- Support designated divisions with standard operating procedures, standards, procedures, and forms reviews to ensure compliance and improve ways of working.
- Supporting the operations through Quality, Biosecurity, Animal Welfare, and Food Safety regulations, and international standards for compliance.
- Collaborate with the production and veterinary departments for import and export certification for compliance.
- Form part of quality, animal welfare, biosecurity, and food safety; incident management, including investigation, customer/consumer complaints, and root cause analysis, as directed by the line manager.
- Develop training manuals as per SOPs and conduct farm audits and reports of non-conformances and deviations.
- Capture lab results from the PDMA (Poultry Diseases Management Agency) portal, ensure all cull buyers are registered, and submit to AI surveillance at DALLRD monthly.
- Capture swabs and samples submission forms electronically on client portal.
- Identify training needs under quality scope and conduct training, and advise on areas of improvement to the breeder farms and hatchery.
- Monitor and ensure standard operating procedures (SOP's) are adhered to in all aspects of production.
- Collection of diagnostic samples, as per veterinarian's advice and recommendations.
- Ensure that hygiene monitoring swabs are taken according to the monitoring schedule and taken to the relevant laboratory for testing.
- Document inspection results and maintain accurate quality logs.
- Communicated findings to management to support informed decision-making.
Supervisor
Daybreak Foods
11.2013 - 05.2018
- Company Overview: Poultry Hatchery Division
- Supervision of 26 staff members daily
- Daily stock taking and monitoring FIFO setting plan.
- Counting and record keeping of daily, weekly, and monthly stock.
- Daily capturing of hatching eggs, rejects and setting on Flock Management System (Ornithon).
- Staff schedule and Staff supervision with regard to tasks and responsibilities.
- Record and report breakdowns and maintenance needed.
- Monitoring product quality throughout production (receiving, storage, and setting).
- Making sure that proper SOP guidelines and biosecurity measures are adhered to in order to avoid any source of contamination.
- Collaborated with other departments to coordinate workflow processes between teams.
- Trained and mentored staff on safety protocols and operational procedures.
- Conducted quality control inspections to ensure product standards were met.
- Facilitated team meetings to address concerns and improve communication among staff.
- Maintained accurate records of employee performance, attendance, leave requests, and disciplinary actions.
- Prepared and presented reports on team performance, challenges, and achievements to senior management.
- Participated in recruitment efforts by interviewing prospective candidates for open positions under my department.
Assistant Educator
Monaredira Private School
03.2011 - 12.2011
- Responsible for grades 8-12 in various subjects.
- Assist the educators in preparing and giving lessons.
- Assist underperforming learners individually in my spare time.
- Mark class activities and assignments.
- Assess learner performance.
- Invigilate during tests and exams.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Public Administration And Developmental Studies
University of South Africa
12-2026
National Diploma: Agriculture in Animal Production -
Tshwane University of Technology
12-2014
Certificate: Public Administration -
Icollege
02-2018
Certificate: End User Computing -
Icollege
05-2017
Matriculated -
Mosipa Secondary School
12-2010
Skills
- Training and facilitation
- Computer literacy
- Communication skills
- Conflict resolution
- Teamwork
- Document control
- Decision making
- Organising and coordinating
- Biosecurity management
- Auditing
- Sampling methods
- Data collection
Personal Information
- ID Number: 930116 0340 082
- Date of Birth: 16 January 1993
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: South African
- Driving License: Code C1 (10)
- Marital Status: Single
Further Training And Development
- 2021 - Facilitate learning using a variety of given methodologies: Level 5
- 2018 - ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems: Requirements
Personality Traits
- Leadership qualities
- Self disciplined
- Fast learner
- Patient
- Chearful
- Reliable
- Adaptable
- Confident
Languages
Sepulana
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Sepedi
Proficient (C2)
C2
XiTsonga
Advanced (C1)
C1
SiSwati
Advanced (C1)
C1
IsiZulu
Advanced (C1)
C1
Sesotho
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
References
- Lettie Rangaka - SHERQ Manager, Daybreak Foods 071 605 8340
- Cliford Mphahlele - Hatchery Manager, Acting HOD Breeders and Hatchery, Daybreak Foods 083 612 5955
Timeline
Quality Controller
Daybreak Foods
06.2018 - Current
Supervisor
Daybreak Foods
11.2013 - 05.2018
Assistant Educator
Monaredira Private School
03.2011 - 12.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Public Administration And Developmental Studies
University of South Africa
National Diploma: Agriculture in Animal Production -
Tshwane University of Technology
Certificate: Public Administration -
Icollege
Certificate: End User Computing -
Icollege
Matriculated -
Mosipa Secondary School
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