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What this job is
A fruit and vegetable packer works in agricultural processing facilities or packing houses to prepare fresh produce for distribution and retail sale. They inspect, grade, sort, and pack fruit and vegetables into containers or cartons according to quality standards, weight specifications, and customer requirements. The role involves operating or monitoring automated packing equipment, maintaining food safety and hygiene standards, and ensuring compliance with labelling and export regulations where applicable.
Pay
A$1,366 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
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Check quality of products on the production linecore
- Clean food and beverage machinerycore
- Goods Receipt Processingcore
- Inventory Trackingcore
- Multitaskingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Stock Counting and Stocktakecore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Active Listening
- Carry out checks of production plant equipment
- Check quality of raw materials
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Incident Reporting
- Problem Solving
- Process Improvement Identification
- Returns Processing
- Stock Reconciliation
- Supplier Communication
- Verbal Communication