Fruit and Vegetable Factory Worker

831115 · Medium Next-day ready

Career data Close match

Agricultural product graders sort, grade and classify agricultural products by size, weight, colour or quality.

Most common salary $50k – $80k

Upper salary up to $104k

Training No specific training

Matched as "Agricultural product grader"

Operates machines and performs routine tasks to prepare canned and frozen fruit and vegetables, and make and package sauces, jams and juices.

Weighs, measures, mixes, dissolves and boils ingredients; add materials, such as spices and preservative to food and beverages; operates heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising, carbonating, sulphuring and desulphuring plant; monitors product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary; operates machines to peel, core, slice, dice, pit and juice fruit and vegetables; cleans equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintains infestation control programmes; regulates speed of conveyors and crusher rollers; packages and bottles products; moves products from production lines into storage and shipping areas.

Works indoors in factory environments.
Work areas will usually be adequately heated and ventilated, but may be hot or cold from cooking and chilling/freezing processes.
Factory machinery and processes may be noisy. Ear muffs may be necessary.

Light to medium physical demand
Stands to operate various food processing and production machinery and frequently walks about the work area to ensure correct operation of machinery and quality of end product.
Occasionally stretches across to make adjustments to controls.
Squatting, crouching or kneeling may be required to carry out inspections on machinery, raw products and finished goods.
Bends occasionally if required to work over production machinery, benches, and conveyor belts or when lifting ingredients or finished products.
Twisting of the body or neck may occur occasionally.
Substantial contact with water will occur as part of the processing and cleaning operations, protective clothing should be utilised.
Occasionally lifts or carries finished products, additives and other packages depending upon the factory size and level of plant automation.
Repetitive hand and arm movements are likely to be required for most processing tasks.
Driving may be required in the form of operating forklifts for some positions.
Uses hand-held and hand-operated equipment specific to the production process. May use computerised control systems in larger processing plants.
Mental skills necessary include practical and technical skills.

Entry signal Reviewed

No formal entry barrier — can start without prior training. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier No formal entry barrier

Licence / registration No licence required

ANZSCO skill level 5

Next-day ready Yes

How this was determined (model-generated): Nil entry requirements; fruit and vegetable factory work is unskilled entry.