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What this job is
A seafood packer prepares fresh or processed seafood products for distribution by grading, sorting, cleaning, and packing them into containers according to quality standards and customer specifications. Working in seafood processing facilities or on fishing vessels, they ensure products meet food safety requirements and are packaged to maintain quality during transport and storage.
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
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- 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
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Data Entry and Accuracy
- Incident Reporting
- Returns Processing
- Risk Identification
- Supplier Communication
- Verbal Communication