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
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
4 on 4 off roster
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
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
Annette Reeves - 0412 479 387
TYPE OF WORK: Haulout Operator
EXPERIENCE & LICENCES: C – Manual
Experience on a dairy family farm
Preferred area: Plane creek
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: Acommodation 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
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The Mackay region is steamrolling towards the 2023 crush, and now is the time to get on board with CANEGROWERS Mackay’s Haulout Driver training courses. There is a high demand for haulout drivers at farms across the region during harvest season, and CANEGROWERS...
The Billet March 2023 Grower Profile: The Duncans
Lachlan and Stephanie Duncan are young growers who work in several sectors of the sugar industry, including research, harvesting and mill maintenance, and in 2023 will supply their first cane crop to mill. The couple recently told The Billet about their pathway in...
Bulk Sugar Terminal operation
CANEGROWERS Mackay Chairman Kevin Borg addressed the STL announcement that QSL would no longer operate the state's bulk sugar terminals in his monthly segment on ABC Tropical North's breakfast program with Meecham Philpott on 15 February 2023
Grower commitment to reef recognised
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the Queensland Government’s continuing support of the industry’s best management practice program, Smartcane BMP. Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Meaghan Scanlon has announced $4.47 million in funding for the...
CANEGROWERS Mackay CEO Kerry Latter on ABC Tropical North
Aired January 30, CANEGROWERS Mackay CEO Kerry Latter was interviewed by ABC Rural journalist Ashleigh Bagshaw on the subject of Future Foods developments for our region's sugar industry.
CANEGROWERS questions motive for terminal move
Peak sugarcane industry body CANEGROWERS is calling on Sugar Terminals Limited (STL) to explain the reasoning behind its decision to abandon a long and successful commercial partnership with Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) for the operation of the state’s bulk sugar...
CANEGROWERS Mackay welcomes our region’s biofuture
CANEGROWERS Mackay Chairman Kevin Borg has welcomed Queensland Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles announcement today (17 January) of significant developments for the Mackay region’s emerging biofutures economy. The Deputy Premier has...
CANEGROWERS Business Essentials Course 2023
Do you want to determine and understand your business costs of production & profitability? Do you have tools to determine what sugar price you need to cover your costs of production & make a profit? Do you want to better understand risk management & in...
Rural Electrical Safety Awareness Online Induction
CANEGROWERS Mackay, in conjunction with TAFE Qld, have developed this induction, and is an update to the course that was offered previously to our members. This course will provide you with a basic understanding of hazard identification, risk control, and risk...
CANEGROWERS Marketing Information Service
CANEGROWERS Marketing Information Service offers support in the form of information and eductation to members. The service offers expert insight regarding sugar price and production forecasting. It is an independent service which will not favour one marketer over...
