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Farms and orchards・Eucalyptus plantation (eucalyptus oil)

FGB Natural Products Wedderburn

A eucalyptus plantation in Wedderburn, run by a long-established family business that makes eucalyptus oil (Bosisto's and Euky Bear brands), hiring casual farm hands
Wedderburn, Victoria 3518

Eucalyptus leaves (distilled into essential oil)
Specified work✓ Eligible
PayTo be confirmed
TransportTo be confirmed
AccommodationTo be confirmed
Overall score6.9・Worth considering

Specified work eligibility

Use the postcode of the work location — not the company's head office, and not where you live.

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This location counts as specified work

Postcode 3518 is on the Department of Home Affairs "Regional Australia" list, and the work type is "Plant and animal cultivation".

Work address

Wedderburn, Victoria 3518

Postcode 3518・Wedderburn / Inglewood · Map location is approximate

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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

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Jobs

1 casual / seasonal roles. Duties, requirements and required licences are listed separately.

Plantation farm handFarm Hand (plantation)

Casual Check required

Maintaining eucalyptus plantation areas: irrigation, site maintenance, operating farm machinery (tractor), weeding, fence repair, and helping the harvest team in peak periods.

Pay method

To be confirmed
The advertisement does not state pay.

Hours

Not stated in the advertisement

Requirements

Work experience in a farm or agricultural setting, Able to operate tractors and other farm machinery, Able to work independently and in different weather

Licences

Not required

The listing says Casual, Temporary, On-site. Eucalyptus is grown for leaf distillation into essential oil; whether this counts as crop growing or forestry is to be confirmed with the employer or the Department of Home Affairs, so it is marked 'check'. Source: https://employmenthero.com/jobs/position/fgb-natural-products-farm-hand-se5hi/

Work duties

Irrigation, weeding, fencing, farm machinery operation and harvest assistance in eucalyptus plantation areas.

Work environment

Outdoors; must be able to work in different weather.

Pay and superannuation

What the employer publishes and the legal minimum are shown separately.

Pay
The advertisement does not state pay.
Applicable Award
To be confirmed
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
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
Not stated in the advertisement
Shifts
To be confirmed
Weather-dependent?
To be confirmed
Additional notes
To be confirmed

When they need workers

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The advertisement says it supports seasonal activities and helps with harvesting during peak periods, with no months stated.

Hiring now: a Farm Hand (temporary, short-term) on Employment Hero, shown in the listing as posted about 2 weeks ago (around 2026-09-22), with no closing date stated.

Hiring now

Farm Hand (Casual/Temporary, Wedderburn), posted around 2026-09-22 (Employment Hero shows '2 weeks ago'), no closing date given

Hiring status is checked automatically every day; last checked: 2026-10-06.See the job ad

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You will need

  • Farm / farm machinery experience
  • The above is from the advertisement

Restrictions

  • The advertisement does not say whether the Working Holiday visa is accepted

Licences required

No licence is needed for general roles.

Official website
fgb.com.au
Careers page
Go to the careers page

Transport

To be confirmed. Not stated in the advertisement, but the plantation is outside town.

Getting there without a car

Not verified

Public transport

Not verified

Nearest airport

Not verified

Nearest town: Wedderburn

Accommodation and local amenities

Small-town area; amenities and services have not been verified.

Accommodation

To be confirmed

The ad does not mention accommodation.

Grocery shopping

To be confirmed

Medical

To be confirmed

Other

To be confirmed

Weather

Local weather data was not verified.

Climate data to be added.

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Overall score

Calculated from public information with a fixed formula — not a paid ranking. Ratings from past workers are shown separately in the reviews section.

6.9out of 10
Worth considering
Specified work eligibility
10.0Postcode 3518 is on the official "Regional Australia" list
Legal and transparent
8.0ABN active, Employed directly by the company
Pay transparency
5.0Pay method to be confirmed
Transport
5.0To be confirmed
Accommodation
5.0To be confirmed
Amenities
4.0Remote; shopping is inconvenient
Weather
6.0Climate data to be added

Pros

  • A family business with more than 150 years of history (company website)
  • Direct employer
  • Postcode 3518 is eligible

Watch out for

  • The advertisement does not state pay
  • Whether it counts as farm work or forestry needs to be confirmed
  • The ad does not say whether Working Holiday visas are accepted

Weights: specified work eligibility 25%, legal and transparent 20%, pay transparency 15%, transport 10%, accommodation 10%, amenities 10%, weather 10%.How it is calculated

Online reviews and past workers' experiences

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No employee reviews or backpacker accounts of FGB have been found yet; only a company profile and its ABN were found.

Review summary last checked: 2026-10-06. 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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Sources

Last checked: 2026-10-06. If you see outdated or incorrect information, let us know.

Not yet confirmed: The posting date is calculated from the listing's '2 weeks ago'; Whether it counts as specified work (eucalyptus plantation) needs to be confirmed; The employer name in the advertisement is FGB Natural Products; the ABN comes from matching against the registered business name; The coordinates use the centre of Wedderburn town