Find Harvesting Work in Australia

12th of May 2008

Grunt Labour Services website is the perfect starting point for seasonal jobs

Grunt Labour Services supplies thousands of pickers, packers, farm hands, truck /tractor drivers, throughout the year to producers across Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Their excellent website includes latest job postings and advice for international jobseekers and they welcome registrations from working holiday makers and gap year travellers from the UK. Additional services include helping you obtain a Working Holiday Visa.

Their website also contains lots of useful information about seasonal jobs available in Australia, listing dates when demand is highest and types of jobs more likely to be on offer - perfect if you are unsure about when you may be able to find a harvesting or farming job on your gap year or working holiday.

More Information:

Visit the Grunt Labout Services website

Gapwork Gap Year Jobs Tips: Seasonal Work

Australia has a huge farming industry and harvesting and fruitpicking is a tried and tested form of backpacker graft. It can be hard work, it won't make you rich, but a gap year or summer working holiday spent harvesting and fruitpicking is a great way to see Australia. One of the reasons the Australian government is so keen to set up working holiday programmes with other countries is that there is a chronic shortage of workers to help with harvesting - so, if you're relatively fit and keen enough to spend all day in an Australian field, you should have no problem finding work come harvest time!

Spending at least 3 months on a farm or doing harvest and agricultural work will also allow you to spend more time in Australia! From November 1st 2005 it became possible to apply for a second working holiday visa which will give you 12 more months in Australia - as long as you have worked for 3 months within a primary industries position (harvesting, fruit picking, meat works etc).

For more information on Jobs in Australia visit our Australia Jobs section, for info on getting an Australia Working Holiday Visa visit our Australia Visa page and to find out more about Harvesting visit our Harvesting Jobs page.

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