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What this job is
A Packer assembles, wraps, and packages products for storage, transport, or retail sale in warehouses, factories, or distribution centres. They operate packaging machinery, select appropriate materials, and ensure products meet quality and safety standards before dispatch. The role requires attention to detail, speed, and compliance with workplace health and safety protocols.
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
- Carry out checks of production plant equipment
- Check quality of raw materials
- Data Entry and Accuracy
- Incident Reporting
- Process Improvement Identification
- Returns Processing
- Risk Identification
- Verbal Communication
- Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)