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General
If you have come to Griffith to work, you have come to the right place.
We can help you find work.
You can either do outdoor work eg fruitpicking or indoor work
(eg wineries, fruit packing sheds). Whatever you want to do, make sure you
are well informed about the job: - What exactly is it that you have to do?
- What are the payrates (hourly rate or piece rates)?
- What times are you expected to work?
- Is there chance of doing overtime?
- Do you need to have your own transport?
- Do you need to have special clothing (shoes/long sleeve shirts)?
- When dou you get paid?
- Will this job count as a 'harvest' job in order to get your second working holiday visa?
It pays off to have a resume handy for either employers or job agencies.
Make sure you to bring your tax file number,a bank account number and
your passport with visa if you are an overseas traveller.
Winery Work & Factory Work
There are many wineries located in Griffith and often there are casual job
opportunities available. Vintage (January till April) is the busiest time
of the year and demand for extra workers is high. Receruitment for vintage
normally starts around November/December.Other casual jobs will be
available during the rest of the year,these may vary from short term jobs
(a couple of days) to medium longterm (a couple of weeks). As we are
affiliated with Skilled Recruitment, Australias largest labour hire company,
we can arrange a good job for you.
Fruitpicking
Griffith is a regional area in which fruitpicking work is available nearly all year round. Thanks to the MurrumbidgeeIrrigation Scheme water is
available to grow a large variety of fruits and vegetables in this area;oranges,pumpkins, tomatoes, capsicums and grapes to name a few.
When to pick
Below you will find a schedule with approximate harvesting periods in the
Griffith area. Remember that whatever product you would like to pick, the
harvest is dependent on the weather circumstances; eg if it rains the
harvest will be postponed.
- January: Citrus, Onion, Tomato, Capsicum
- February: Citrus, Grapes, Onion, Prunes, Stone fruit,Tomato,Pumpkins
- March: Grapes, Prunes, Stone fruit
- April: Grapes
- May:
- June: Grape pruning
- July: Grape pruning
- August: Grape pruning
- September:
- October: Citrus
- November: Citrus, Onion
- December: Citrus, Onion, Tomato
What do you need ?
First of all you need to work out if you will need to have your own transport
in order to be able to work. There are buses, trains and planes coming in and
out of Griffith, but there is no public transport available to ferry you
around. Some farmers might pick you up and drop you off, others may have
accomodation on the work site available. Whatever your plans are, make sure
you find out first before you come down to Griffith.
The temperature in Griffith can get rather hot (around 40 Celcius),so make sure you always carry enough drinking water with you when you are working
outdoors. The sun is much stronger here then overseas, a layer of sunscreen is not enough protection, so try and wear long sleeve shirts whenever you can!Wear a hat to protect your self from over heating and try and work in the coolest hours of the day.
Wear sensible shoes, thongs are not really designed to get you up and down
adders and do not give you much protection in case you walk into some of the
australian crawling creatures!
Be prepared to give it a couple of days; you will find that with a bit more
experience you will pick faster and make more money.
At Myalbangera Outstation we give you up-to-date information
and will find you a job.
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