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.
Sebastian Terucchietti - 0412 289 877
TYPE OF WORK: General farm duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: Open Car Licence
COMMENTS: Eager to learn more about industry, experience picking fruit in NSW, has own transport and accomodation.
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
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
Daniel Burton - 0409 154 016
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C, HR, HC
Two seasons haulout experience
Gal and Yahel - 0400 394 154
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, Genral farm duites
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C – Manual
White card, hands-on experience, used to working long hours, own transport
Emilie Balmont - 0493 198 138
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, Cane Harvester Driver
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Experience driving tractors, farm hand
COMMENTS: Accommodation available, caravans accepted on property
Jina Hwang - 0415416510
TYPE OF WORK: General farm duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Forklift (LF), white card, work experience at construction environment
COMMENTS: Own transport, travelling with Jiyeon Han
Jiyeon Han - 0491 790 342
TYPE OF WORK: General farm duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Forklift (LF), white card, work experience at construction environment, grain handler
COMMENTS: Travelling with Jina Hwang
Beauvais Enzo - 0423 783 503
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General farm duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Machinery, tractor driver/farm duties
COMMENTS: Able to work long hours
Maurice Madden - 0421 923 474
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator, General farm duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
Ryan Chambers - 0410 613 086
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C, HR, Forklift LF & LO
COMMENTS: Preferred area: Mackay – Racecourse
Charlotte Mis/Simon Huro - 0493 933 464/0491 744 207
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator/Farm Duties
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C
2 years experience in farm/construction (tractor, harvester, forklift, weighbridge)
COMMENTS: Own car – no need for accommodation
Mackay area or QLD
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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!...
Christmas Crushed: Delays take heavy toll on farming families
Queensland's sugarcane farming families will spend this Christmas counting the cost of yet another delayed harvest, with updated industry analysis finding that poor milling performance throughout the year that has caused crushing to continue into the wet season could...
CANEGROWERS secures payment for cane under 7 CCS
Despite current difficulties with yet another extended harvest season, CANEGROWERS' ongoing advocacy for members has achieved a strong result. We are pleased to announce that thanks to the tireless work of the CANEGROWERS Mackay Area Committee, Mackay Sugar has agreed...
Driving Change – CANEGROWERS unveils new transport guide
CANEGROWERS has today launched the 2024 Sugarcane Transport Load Restraint Guide, an essential tool created in partnership with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR). This industry-specific guide aims to enhance road transport safety and streamline compliance...
CANEGROWERS welcomes election of grower champion to STL
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the election of industry stalwart Paul Schembri as grower-director to the Sugar Terminals Limited (STL) board. The result, announced more than two and a half weeks after STL’s AGM due to a delay in finalising the voting process, marks a major...
Growers: your vote can secure our sugar terminals
Cane grower organisations from across Queensland have united to urge all growers who hold shares in Sugar Terminals Limited (STL) to make their vote count at the upcoming AGM on 20 November. In a show of absolute grower solidarity, this call-to-action is backed by...
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As Queensland begins pre-poll voting, CANEGROWERS is urging the major political parties to break their silence on the urgent need for a domestic biofuels industry. For over 150 years, Queensland’s sugar industry has been a cornerstone of the state’s economy, employing...
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Representatives from across Australia's agriculture and fuel supply chain have urged the Federal Government to immediately initiate a national low-carbon liquid fuel feedstock strategy to give effect to the ambitious agenda outlined in the Federal Government Aviation...
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CANEGROWERS is calling on Wilmar Sugar and unions representing mill workers to prove they are serious about resolving their long-running pay dispute by getting out of the way and letting the independent umpire decide a fair and reasonable outcome. After many months of...
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