Work Wanted
Agricultural employers need to maintain a seasonal workforce while meeting their COVID-19 public health obligations.
To prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to have safe farm hygiene, you are encouraged to practice social distancing requirements along with other measures.
The persons listed below are not vetted by CANEGROWERS Mackay for their suitability. This and the on farm induction to your property and equipment is the responsibility of the employer.
Sam Bourzali - 0407 410 357
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Car Licence, MC Licence.
COMMENTS: Mechanical minded – truck driver. Own caravan, no preferred area of work
Fabian Mullier - 0437 928 102
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, Cane Harvest Driver
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Car Licence, Machinery Operator, Tractor driver, Field navigation in crops
COMMENTS: Own accommodation – caravan
Campbell Piper - 0411 470 799
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: HR
COMMENTS: Expected start date: 06/04/2026
Kiaus Fey - 0409 873 890
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: HC, truck driving on construction sites
COMMENTS: Greater Mackay Area
John Morello - 0428 825 474
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General Farm Duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: HR Licence, experienced working on farms.
COMMENTS: Sarina area
Ronald Sills - 0478 350 088
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, blue collar worker, excavation work, concreting, plumber/drainer
COMMENTS: Completing the 2026 Haulout Course
Peter Pascoe - 0418 774 110
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, forklift licence, tractor drivers and car maintenance experience
COMMENTS: Completing the 2026 Haulout Course
Marian/Eton area
Jenifer Morrison - 0409 611 484
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, has own farm – cattle
COMMENTS: Completing the 2026 Haulout Course
Plane creek area
1-2 days per week
Graham Schoorl - 0408 284 281
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General Farm Duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, HR, high risk forklift
Diesel fitter/ water treatment plant operator
COMMENTS: Completing the 2026 Haulout Course
Part time 2-3 days a week
Preferred accommodation for a camper onsite while working
Stefanie Easton - 0455 188 471
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General Farm Duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, forklift
Tractor-Haulout, tipper
Planting cane
COMMENTS: Completing the 2026 Haulout Course
3 plus days
John Jones - 0419 994 719
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, forklift, 40 years mine experience
COMMENTS: 30 plus hours per week
Completing the 2026 Haulout Course
Preferred area of work: Mackay
Stephen Waldon - 0407 959 981
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C Class, HR, forklift, Rural fire brigade experience
COMMENTS: Semi retired – looking for 3-4 day roster
Electrical contractor
Completing 2026 Haulout Course
Leon Veitch - 0427 597 282
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Manuel car licence, HR – truck driver. Retired diesel fitter
COMMENTS: 3 or 4 days per week
Preferred area: Mackay Region
Completing 2026 Haulout Course
James Slade - 0475 854 114
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General Farm Duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Manuel car licence, chainsaw use & maintenance, tree lopping
COMMENTS: Wanting full-time work
Preferred area: Mackay Region
Completing 2026 Haulout Course
Kobe Manion - 0401 948 235
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Auto car licence, fencing
COMMENTS: Wanting full-time work
Preferred area: Mackay Region
Completing 2026 Haulout Course
Rachel Probst - 0439 534 968
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General Farm Duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Manuel car licence, forklift, harvest trail – driving tractors
COMMENTS: Wanting full-time work
Preferred area: Mackay Region
Completing 2026 Haulout Course
Phillip Hughes - 0428 564 238
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Manuel car licence, meduim ridged – truck, dairy farmer, agricultural contractor
COMMENTS: Has own vented motor home, car
Use to early morning starts, late finishes
Marcus Brown - 0434 676 912
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Manuel car licence, forklift.
Queensland Police Service – 32 years, warehousing – 2 years
COMMENTS: Completing 2026 Haulout Course
Daniel Burton - 0409 154 016
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C, HR, HC
Two seasons haulout experience
Collin Fakes - 0432 963 119
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C, HR, forklift, tractor ticket in NSW, white card
Previous water drilling experience
Prepared to work any location
Macy Price - 0484 254 158
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Previous experience driving dump trucks out the mines – shift work
COMMENTS: Completing 2026 Haulout Course
John Brice - 0423 659 753
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C, Bobcat, Dozer
Previous experience operating machinery
COMMENTS: Reliable. Own accommodation and transport
Mere Kurupai - 0422 670 595
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Can drive a forklift
Experience in retail – 20 years
COMMENTS: Preferred area: Mackay
Own accommodation
Completing 2026 Haulout Course
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Biofuels make sense – so stop kicking decisions down the road
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the release of a parliamentary report on a sugarcane-based bioenergy industry in Queensland, thanking the committee for listening to growers and recognising the role the industry can play in strengthening Australia’s fuel and energy security....
Raw Deal – Sugar shortchanged in EU agreement
CANEGROWERS has slammed the outcome for sugar in the long-awaited Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement as a complete failure, saying it fails cane farming families and Australia's sugar manufacturers and falls well short of what producers had been seeking. “This is a...
Tractor-ready and on the way to the 2026 harvest
Meeting the seasonal labour demands of the sugarcane harvest is a challenge every year. It’s one to which CANEGROWERS Mackay has been gamely stepping up for almost two decades, delivering exciting, highly practical training courses each May that get new workers behind...
Disaster Assistance Available for Cyclone Koji Damage
CANEGROWERS Mackay has welcomed the announcement of joint Commonwealth-State disaster assistance for primary producers in the Mackay and Isaac regions following the devastation caused by the North Queensland Monsoon Trough and Tropical Cyclone Koji. The severe weather...
CANEGROWERS Centenary year celebrated
IT STARTED HERE: Mackay Canegrowers celebrates 100 seasons of the Queensland Cane Growers Organisation: "I often say, Mackay is the centre of the sugar industry, and our Centenary, which begins today, really drives that point home. Our State organisation put down its...
CANEGROWERS Mackay hails the End of Crush for 2025
It will be the first time in five years that all growers in Mackay and Plane Creek milling areas will have all been finished harvesting at Christmas time, Mackay Canegrowers Chairman Joseph Borg is pleased to say. “It will be a great relief to growers that we will be...
Plane Creek Growers demand QSL independence
Plane Creek Area Committee Chairman Kevin Borg has said growers across Queensland are growing tired of conflict in the sugar marketing space. "The CANEGROWERS Plane Creek Area Committee whose members supply Wilmar Plane Creek Mill are disappointed at the outcome of a...
Competition not control – time to end conflict in sugar marketing
CANEGROWERS is calling on Queensland’s sugar milling companies to do the right thing and vote at next week’s Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) AGM to end a serious conflict of interest at the heart of Australia’s sugar marketing system. QSL is the industry’s oldest and...
2025 Crush passes the mid-point in Mackay and Plane Creek!
CANEGROWERS Mackay Chairman Joseph Borg said it is pleasing news that the halfway mark for the 2025 crush has now been crossed in both Mackay and Plane Creek Milling areas. “We have crossed the 50 per cent mark and moving towards 60%. We are not where we would like to...
Sweetest Schools comes to Mackay!
The Sweetest School competition is coming to Mackay, a collaboration between CANEGROWERS Mackay, MAPS, SRA Central Region and Mackay Show Association Cane Sub-Committee. It is an engaging competition where schools showcase their skills in growing the best sugarcane!...
