Thandile Mtolo

Quality Assurance professional with proven expertise in food safety, quality control, and FMCG manufacturing. Skilled in conducting inspections, investigations, and statistical analysis to maintain compliance with food safety standards and regulatory requirements. Demonstrated ability to identify process improvements, manage customer requirements, and strengthen quality culture across production environments.

Quality Assurance - Quality Control at National brands limited/ Durban Tea (2024-10 – 2025-12)

• Conducting preliminary investigations of customer complaints.
• Quality checks - Visual inspection of raw/ packaging material and product.
• Verification of OPR ( Magnet and Screens).
• Verification of CCP records
• Testing chemicals
• Sensory evaluation

Receiving of Raw and Packaging material at National brands limited/ Durban Tea (2024-10 – 2025-12)

• Raw tea and packaging receiving inspections.
• Tea sampling for testing for moisture, particle size and volumetric.
• Testing of packaging material.
• Water testing ( Chlorine, pH and TDS).
• SAP - capturing results and loading of COA's.

Quality Control Technician at Shave and Gibson Packaging and Security Printing (2026-01 – 2026-05)

• Conducting quality checks on the packaging for defects, colour, correct dimensions according to specifications and if the correct product is packed.
• Approving colour according to the colour standard.
• Recording results on shopware
• Ensuring good housekeeping on the production lines.
• Inspecting reels if they elegible to run on the line.
• Collection of retention samples for traceability.
• Conducting GMP audits.

Diploma in Consumer Sciences in Food and Nutrition – Durban University of Technology (2022-07 – 2024-11)

National Senior Certificate – Burnwood Secondary School (2016-01 – 2018-11)