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What this job is
A Quality Assurance Officer in primary production monitors and tests raw agricultural, horticultural, or pastoral products at collection, processing, or storage points to ensure compliance with food safety standards, pesticide residue limits, and export requirements. They conduct sampling, laboratory analysis, and documentation to verify product quality and safety before distribution or export, working within Australian food standards and regulatory frameworks.
Pay
A$1,330 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
- Attention to Detailcore
- Audit techniquescore
- Communicate health and safety measurescore
- Conduct workplace auditscore
- Data Entry and Accuracycore
- Enforce sanitation procedurescore
- Food safety principlescore
- Foodborne diseasescore
- Identify policy breachcore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Process Improvement Identificationcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Quality Assurance Monitoringcore
- Record Managementcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Report Writingcore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Stakeholder Communicationcore
- Verification and Authenticationcore
- Write inspection reportscore
- Written Communicationcore
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Health, safety and hygiene legislation
- Identify hazards in the workplace
- Inventory Tracking
- Lead inspections
- Manage health and safety standards
- Microsoft Excel Data Management
- Monitor legislation developments
- Pollution prevention
- Present reports
- Process Documentation
- Reporting and Analytics
- Research and Analysis
- Supplier Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Verbal Communication