Job Info Location: PIN GIN HILL, QLD Salary: Award Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position Job Description We are seeking up to 3 Fulltime Labourer positions on a banana farm in the Innisfail region, North Queensland. Work is due to start June 2026, for a period of 1 to 4 years. Experience in the industry would be viewed favourable but not essential. You will be paid under the Horticultural Award 2020 (MA000028) on a minimum Level 2, Fulltime rate. Minimum Fulltime Remuneration will be $25 per hour (may be subject to change as per the Horticulture Award changes July 2026). You will be required to work up to 38 hours per week with leave entitlements as per the award. Superannuation will be paid on top of this rate. There may be an opportunity to undertake training and upskilling in this role, which can allow your remuneration to increase above the Horticultural Award 2020 (MA000028). Your duties each day may include but not limited to: Field work- picking banana bunches, de-leafing, de-suckering, fixing irrigation, replanting, stringing, and other form of crop maintenance. Shed work- unloading and hanging bunches, de-handing, sorting, stickering, packing, stacking and other forms of shed operation activities. Additional on the job training & development opportunities for successful candidates. The work will be hard and physically demanding. It will involve repetitive sorting and packing, prolonged periods of looking up, down and bending over for irrigation repairs and installation and a range of other physically demanding work activities that occurs in bananas. A keen eye for detail is needed to ensure a high standard is maintained in sorting and packing. You will be working in all weather conditions, indoors & outdoors in hot and humid conditions with temperatures up to 35 degrees Celsius, with high humidity. You need to be fit and in good physical condition with a positive attitude to do this work. Selection Criteria: Attention to detail Good hand-eye co-ordination Ability to follow detailed instructions Ability to work continuously at a high level of concentration Ability to work in a team environment Ability to bend low to the ground for long periods Ability to tolerate hot, wet and humid conditions for long periods of time Must be physically fit & agile * Applications from outside the area must be able to show a commitment to moving to the location for the duration of employment
