ANZSCO 8311

Food and Drink Factory Workers

Overview

EMPLOYED

29,700

PART-TIME SHARE

20%

FEMALE SHARE

25%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,379

MEDIAN AGE

42

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

-300

About this data

Summary

Food and Drink Factory Workers perform routine tasks in manufacturing food and beverages.

Tasks

  • Weighing, measuring, mixing, dissolving and boiling ingredients
  • Adding materials, such as spices and preservatives, to food and beverages
  • Operating heating, chilling, freezing, pasteurising, carbonating, sulphuring and desulphuring plant
  • Monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary
  • Operating machines to peel, core, slice, dice, pit and juice fruit and vegetables
  • Cleaning equipment, pumps, hoses, storage tanks, vessels and floors, and maintaining infestation control programs
  • Regulating speed of conveyors and crusher rollers, and adjusting tension of rollers to ensure total extraction of juice from sugar cane
  • Moving products from production lines into storage and shipping areas
  • Packaging and bottling products

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report.
    Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Food and Drink Factory Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 80% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 42 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,379 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $32 $43

    Industries

    Food and Drink Factory Workers work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    25.7%

    Victoria

    42.6%

    Queensland

    15.0%

    South Australia

    6.6%

    Tasmania

    4.8%

    Northern Territory

    0.3%

    Australian Capital Territory

    0.5%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Food and Drink Factory Workers All Occupations
    Median age 42 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 25% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Food and Drink Factory Workers
    15–19 5.2 3.6
    20–24 9.1 9.0
    25–34 22.7 22.3
    35–44 22.3 22.1
    45–54 20.4 22.6
    55–59 8.8 10.2
    60–64 6.5 7.2
    65 and Over 4.9 2.8

    Education

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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Food and Drink Factory Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 4.1
    Bachelor degree 23.2 11.2
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 7.6
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 18.2
    Year 12 15.9 26.4
    Year 11 4.0 6.9
    Year 10 and below 9.7 19.7
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.