Working on the land - award

Most employees working on the land are covered by the Pastoral Employees (State) Award. 

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Common occupations for employees working on farms and pastoral properties include farm hand and station hand.

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Awards

A number of awards apply to some workers on farms and in the pastoral industry, such as:

1) Workers growing and packing:

• fruit, vegetables, or flowers
• fruit packing houses

2) Working at:

• a vineyard or winery
• a mushroom farm

3) Working as:

• a station hand or shearer on a farm
• a trainee
• a truck driver for a transport business
• a truck driver employed by the farm
• a clerical or administrative employee
• a farm in breeding and handling of horses

4) Working in:

• cotton growing
• cotton ginning

5) Working on:

• a poultry farm in handling eggs
• a poultry farm for the breeding and raising of chickens
• a farm in breeding and handling of pigs
• a farm in breeding and handling of horses

6) Working for:

• a dairy on a farm
• a building contractor on a farm
• a pest control business
• a building contractor operating plant equipment
• a nursery
• the transport of milk products