Farm worker (L)
The trustee for Golden Banana Services Trust
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Job Title: Farm worker Location: Lakeland, QLD 4871 Employer: Golden Banana Services Pty Ltd, The Trustee for Golden Banana Service Trust (Mackays Group) Salary: Hourly Rate (Horticulture Award 2020 Level 1) Employment Type: Casual
About the Role
Farm Work Available in Lakeland, Far North Queensland, for a family farming business that has been in operation for over 75 years - Mackays Bananas. There are 400 positions available on a casual basis (30-38 hours per week). These positions are classified as level 1 under the Horticulture Award [MA000028].
Hours of Work are Monday to Thursday 6:30am to 4:40pm. We are looking for up to 400 candidates beginning in September 2026 for a period of 9 months.
The positions available are on Banana, Papaya and Passionfruit farms and the duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Bagging
- Bell Injecting
- Irrigation assistance
- Deleafing
- Desuckering
- Straining
- Harvesting
- Cleaning
- Packing
- Sorting & Clustering
- As well as any ad hoc duties within the competency of the employee
Start Date: Looking for employees to start as of 24th September 2026
Qualifications/Skills:
- No qualifications needed
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