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What this job is
A baking factory worker operates bakery production equipment and processes raw ingredients into finished baked goods within a large-scale manufacturing facility. They follow standardised recipes and production schedules, monitor equipment operation, and ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards required by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). The role involves repetitive, physically demanding work in a fast-paced industrial environment.
Pay
A$1,647 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Administer ingredients in food productioncore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Clean food and beverage machinerycore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Inventory Trackingcore
- Multitaskingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Act reliably
- Active Listening
- Adhere to organisational guidelines
- Carry out checks of production plant equipment
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Goods Receipt Processing
- Problem Solving
- Process Improvement Identification
- Regulatory and Legislative Awareness
- Stock Counting and Stocktake