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Hiring now・Peak seasonHiring started: 2026-08-27✓ Counts as specified work・Plant and animal cultivation★ 4.6・Indeed
Blueberry farm and packing shed in Wamuran, about 60 km north of Brisbane, hiring casual pickers, packers and forklift drivers for about 2 months through labour hire company Agri Labour
$33.05–$33.55/hour; picking also gets penalty rates
About 38–40 hours a week
Only about 60 km from Brisbane; nearby Caboolture has trains to Brisbane
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Holds a Queensland labour hire licence (LHL-03363-B8C9T)
Postcode 4512 is eligible (plant and animal cultivation)
Watch out for
Only about 2 months of work
Through a labour hire agency; the actual farm has not been disclosed
The ad does not mention accommodation or transport
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The advertisement does not say whether the Working Holiday visa is accepted
Forklift jobs require a forklift licence
How it is calculated
Calculated automatically from public information with a fixed formula — not scored by hand and not a paid ranking. Seven items are each scored 0–10 and combined as a weighted average.
✓ Meets the specified work requirementSpecified work eligibility is a threshold: locations that do not qualify are marked "Does not count"; qualifying ones get no extra points.
Online reviews25%4.5Average ★ 4.6 · 19 reviews (few reviews, so pulled towards 6); Official finding of underpayment (2019) −3
Pay transparency20%9.0Hourly rate, amount stated in the ad
Accommodation15%5.0To be confirmed
Transport10%5.5To be confirmed
Legal and transparent10%8.0ABN active, Through a licensed labour hire agency
Amenities10%10.0Good local amenities
Weather10%7.0Climate data to be added; 7 for now
7.5 or above is "Recommend", 6.0–7.4 "Worth considering" and below 6.0 "Consider carefully". Items that are still to be confirmed score lower than confirmed good conditions; online ratings with few reviews are pulled towards the middle value of 6, and records of underpayment or official penalties from the last 10 years lower the score. Full calculation method
Specified work eligibility
✓ Counts as specified work
Postcode
4512Regional Australia
Work category
Plant and animal cultivation
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This location counts as specified work. Postcode 4512 is on the Department of Home Affairs "Regional Australia" list, and the work type is "Plant and animal cultivation".
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Work address
Wamuran QLD 4512 (exact farm address not published; the ad's location field says Brisbane QLD, and the body says Wamuran) Postcode 4512・Sunshine Coast hinterland · Map location is approximate Open in Google Maps
Work category
Plant and animal cultivation Harvesting and packing fruit and vegetables, pruning trees and vines, livestock work, and primary meat processing such as slaughtering, cutting and packing. Secondary processing such as winemaking or processed meats does not count.
Within one employer, not every role counts as specified work (for example office admin or cleaning depends on Home Affairs' current temporary concession). Check the label on each role below, and keep every payslip.How specified work days are counted
Note: on 17 September 2026 the government announced second and third visas will move to a ballot. Completing specified work makes you eligible to enter, but it no longer guarantees a visa (start date not yet announced).Details
Jobs
Roles: 3
Blueberry picker
Seasonal (temporary)Counts as specified work$33.05/hr
Fruit picking or farm experience a big plus
Picking and quality checking experience preferred
Careful with produce
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Duties & requirements
Work duties
Picking ripe, firm, fully blue blueberries and placing them carefully in buckets; sorting and checking quality at the picking station before sending them to the packing shed; weeding and tipping when needed; following work safety rules; other farm tasks.
Pay method
Hourly rate $33.05/hour, plus penalty rates (per the ad).
Hours
About 38 hours a week
Requirements
Fruit picking or farm experience a big plus, Picking and quality checking experience preferred, Careful with produce, quality-focused, Can do repetitive outdoor physical work, Reliable, punctual and a team player, Follow work safety rules
Licences
Not required
Picking blueberries falls under plant and animal cultivation specified work. The ad is marked Casual, Seasonal, about 2 months, start ASAP. Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/blueberry-picker-wamuran-qld-bbbh29518/ (posting date 2026-09-10 per the WordPress data on Agri Labour's website)
Blueberry picker / packer
Seasonal (temporary)Counts as specified workHourly rate
Blueberry or horticulture experience preferred
Piece rate experience a big plus
Physically fit
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Duties & requirements
Work duties
Picking blueberries to quality standards; sorting into buckets and preparing for packing; helping in the packing shed; weeding, tip pruning and general farm work; keeping the work area tidy and following safety rules; meeting daily production targets.
Pay method
Hourly rate $33.05/hour, plus penalty rates (per the ad). The ad says piece rate experience is a big plus, but does not give the piece rate.
Hours
About 40 hours a week
Requirements
Blueberry or horticulture experience preferred, Piece rate experience a big plus, Physically fit, able to do repetitive work, Reliable, punctual, can stay all season, Attention to detail, team player, follows instructions
Licences
Not required
Picking and packing blueberries falls under plant and animal cultivation specified work. The ad is marked Casual, about 2 months. Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/blueberry-picker-packer-wamuran-qld-bbbh29386-2/ (posting date 2026-08-27 per the WordPress data on Agri Labour's website)
Seasonal (temporary)Counts as specified work$33.55/hr
Forklift driving experience
Packing shed experience a big plus
Can load and unload pallets on trucks
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Duties & requirements
Work duties
Driving a forklift in a blueberry packing shed; loading and unloading pallets on trucks; unloading fruit onto the packing line; helping pack blueberries when forklift work is quiet; following work safety rules; working with the packing and warehouse teams.
Pay method
Hourly rate $33.55/hour (per the ad).
Hours
About 40 hours a week; the ad says the workload is steady
Requirements
Forklift driving experience, Packing shed experience a big plus, Can load and unload pallets on trucks, Values workplace safety, Reliable, punctual team player
Licences
Forklift licence (LF)
Moving fruit onto the packing line in a fruit packing shed and helping with packing, as part of the packing operation. The ad is marked Casual, about 2 months. Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/forklift-operator-level-3-wamuran-qld-bbbh29561/ (posting date 2026-09-09 per the WordPress data on Agri Labour's website)
Work & environment
Work duties
Picking blueberries outdoors, sorting at the picking station, or packing in the packing shed; there is also a packing shed forklift job.
Work environment
Picking is repetitive outdoor physical work; packing and forklift work are inside the packing shed.
Products & services
Blueberries
3 casual / seasonal roles. Duties, requirements and required licences are listed separately.
Pay and superannuation
Hourly rate
Advertised pay
$33.05–33.55/hrAdvertised hourly rate
Legal minimum hourly rate
$32.18Horticulture Award
Superannuation
12%Paid on top by the employer
How often you are paid
To be confirmed
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Pay
Pickers and picker / packers get $33.05/hour plus penalty rates; packing shed forklift drivers get $33.55/hour. The ads do not say which Award applies; fruit and vegetable farms usually fall under the Horticulture Award.
Applicable Award
Horticulture Award (MA000028)
Legal minimum hourly rate
Level 1 (new starter, up to 3 months): $32.18/hour Level 2: $33.05/hour Level 3: $33.55/hour Casual (including the 25% casual loading), effective from 1 July 2026.Fair Work pay guide
Piece-rate guarantee
Piece rates have a floor: each day you must get at least the hourly rate × hours worked that day (casual Level 1 $32.18 an hour). The piece rate must let an average worker earn at least 15% more than the hourly rate (about $37.01). Before you start, the employer must give you a written piece-rate record signed by both of you.
How you are paid
To be confirmed By law wages must be paid in money (cash, cheque or bank transfer) at least monthly; whichever method is used, the employer must give you a payslip within 1 working day of paying you.
How often you are paid
To be confirmed Under the Award: Paid weekly or fortnightly
Superannuation
Yes. Your employer must also pay 12% of your wages into your super account — this applies to working holiday makers too, however much you earn. From 1 July 2026 it must be paid within 7 working days of each pay day. You can claim it back after leaving Australia (taxed at 65% for working holiday makers).
Tax
If the employer is registered as a Working Holiday employer, 15% is withheld on the first $45,000 of income. Being taxed 30% suggests the employer may not be registered; without a tax file number (TFN), 45% is withheld.
Statutory figures last checked: 2026-10-05. Your actual pay is what your employer's contract and payslips show.
Hours
Usual hours
About 38–40 hours a week
Weather-dependent?
To be confirmed
When they need workersHiring now・Hiring started: 2026-08-27
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Usual hours
About 38–40 hours a week
Shifts
To be confirmed
Weather-dependent?
To be confirmed
Additional notes
Pickers about 38 hours a week; picker / packers and forklift drivers about 40 hours a week (per each ad). No roster given.
Peak season
All three ads say start ASAP and about 2 months (posted late August to mid-September), so the work period is roughly September–November (estimated; the ads give no end date).
Hiring
Hiring now: Agri Labour's website currently has 3 Wamuran blueberry ads — Blueberry Picker (BBBH29518, posted 2026-09-10), Forklift Operator – Level 3 (packing shed forklift, BBBH29561, posted 2026-09-09) and Blueberry Picker / Packer (BBBH29386, posted 2026-08-27), all Casual, about 2 months, start ASAP. All were still on the website's job list on 2026-10-08; no closing date given. Blueberry Picker (posted 2026-09-10, about 2 months, about 38 hours a week, $33.05/hour); Blueberry Picker / Packer (posted 2026-08-27, about 2 months, about 40 hours a week, $33.05/hour); Forklift Operator – Level 3 (packing shed forklift driver, posted 2026-09-09, about 2 months, about 40 hours a week, $33.55/hour, forklift licence required); none give a closing date Hiring started: 2026-08-27 Hiring status is checked automatically every day; last checked: 2026-10-08.See the job ad
To be confirmed None of the three ads mention accommodation.
Transport
To be confirmed The ad does not mention transport; Wikipedia says QConnect bus route 895 passes through Wamuran, but the farm's exact location is not published, so it is unknown how far the farm is from the bus stop.
Getting there without a car
QConnect bus route 895 (Kilcoy–Woodford–D'Aguilar–Wamuran–Morayfield bus station) passes through Wamuran (Wikipedia); the farm's location is not published.
Public transport
Caboolture station is the end of the Caboolture line, with QR CityTrain services to Brisbane, and is a major station on the North Coast line (Wikipedia).
Nearest airport
Brisbane Airport; Wamuran is about 59 km north-north-west of Brisbane city centre (Wikipedia).
Nearest town
Caboolture (about 11 km south-east, population 29,534 in 2021)
Amenities
Wamuran is a small farming town north of Brisbane (population 3,374 in 2021), known for its roadside strawberry and pineapple stalls; Caboolture, about 11 km away, is a town of about 29,500 people (2021) with trains to Brisbane.
Grocery shopping
Supermarket details were not verified.
Medical
Caboolture has Caboolture Hospital (Wikipedia mentions buses to the hospital).
Other
Wamuran has a primary school (Prep–6); the high school is in Caboolture (Wikipedia).
From December 2017 to April 2018, Agri-Labour calculated the piece-rate pay of 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers (Seasonal Worker Programme) on tomato farms near Shepparton from total team output instead of individual output, did not record hours worked, and made deductions without consent or beyond what was agreed in writing, underpaying them a total of $50,823. The company signed an enforceable undertaking: back-pay the wages, pay a $15,000 contrition payment, carry out two external audits, train staff, set piece rates so that an average competent worker earns 15% above the minimum hourly rate, and accept two years of FWO oversight. (2019-04-23・Source)
The Indeed rating covers Agri Labour reviews from all over Australia (2013–2024, small sample), with no reviews mentioning Wamuran or blueberries.
Review summary last checked: 2026-10-08. Online reviews are personal experiences and may be out of date or not reflect the whole picture; ratings change over time, so the original sites prevail.
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You will need
Fit for repetitive outdoor work
Reliable and punctual
Forklift jobs require a forklift licence (LF)
Restrictions
Only about 2 months of work (start ASAP)
Picker / packers must be able to stay for the whole season (ad requirement)
The advertisement does not say whether the Working Holiday visa is accepted
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Before you apply
Apply online with "Apply now" on each ad page (one each for picker, picker / packer and forklift). Agri Labour main line 1300 247 823 (website contact page).
Licences required
Forklift licence (LF)
Each role needs different licences — see the role descriptions above.
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Wikipedia has no climate data for Wamuran itself; picking is outdoor work (per the ad).
Climate data to be added.
Legitimacy
Company registration
ABN activeABN 23 142 526 216
Employment arrangement
Via labour hire
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Make sure it is a registered company that gives payslips and pays super, so your specified work days will hold up.
Company registration
ABN 23 142 526 216・Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd・Active View on ABN Lookup
Employment arrangement
Employed through a labour hire agency: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, labour hire); the actual farm where you would work has not been disclosed
Labour hire licence
LHL-03363-B8C9T (Queensland labour hire licence, expires 2027-01-16; result of the register check on 2026-10-07)
Notes
ABN 23 142 526 216 active since 2010-03-31, registered for GST, main business location QLD 4390 (ABN Lookup, 2026-10-08). Queensland labour hire licence LHL-03363-B8C9T (issued 2019-01-16, expires 2027-01-16) was found on the Queensland OIR licence register (https://ols.oir.qld.gov.au/licence-register/) on 2026-10-07; on 2026-10-08 the register page returned "no permission to view data", so it was not re-checked. Offices: Fortitude Valley, Brisbane (527 Gregory Terrace) and Goondiwindi (82 Marshall Street) (website contact page). On 2019-04-23 the Fair Work Ombudsman announced that in 2017–18 Agri-Labour calculated the piece-rate pay of 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers (Seasonal Worker Programme) on tomato farms near Shepparton from team output, did not record hours and made deductions without consent, underpaying them a total of $50,823; the company signed an enforceable undertaking to back-pay the wages, pay a $15,000 contrition payment, carry out two external audits, train staff and accept two years of FWO oversight.
Last checked: 2026-10-08. If you see outdated or incorrect information, let us know.
Not yet confirmed (8)
The actual farm is not published (the three ads may or may not be for the same farm).
The ad does not say whether Working Holiday visa holders are accepted; please check before applying.
The posting date was read from the WordPress data (wp-json) on Agri Labour's website; the ad page itself shows no date.
All three ads are for about 2 months of work, and the earliest was posted on 2026-08-27, so it may be ending soon; check whether positions are still open before applying.
The labour hire licence is from a check on 2026-10-07; the register page could not be read on 2026-10-08.
The coordinates use the ABS area centre for Wamuran; the farm's exact location is not published.
Award: not stated in the ad; the Horticulture Award (MA000028), which usually applies to fruit and vegetable farms, is shown here.
Gumtree also has Wamuran picker (2026-10-01) and forklift (2026-10-08) ads with the same titles and hourly rates, but the pages do not show the poster's name, so they were not used as evidence.