MINTRAC - Careers :: Smallgoods

What career options are available in the smallgoods sector?
The smallgoods sector provides career opportunities in

packaging
smallgoods preparation
laboratory
quality assurance.

A career in smallgoods means you could start working in packaging and by continuously adding to your skills progress to supervisor or manager.

The smallgoods industry can be a career, not just a job.
With training and experience you could progress from a labourer to a manager.

Find out how

For more information on what a career in Smallgoods involves, visit my future.

How do I get started on my career in smallgoods?
The first step to starting a career in smallgoods is to find out about job opportunities, traineeships and apprenticeships.

Below is a list of websites to help you get started. The top section contains links to job/career information services, the middle section will take you to job search websites and the last section will take to direct to smallgoods company websites.

Once you have accepted a job, your employer will organise your traineeship for you.

Links to useful job information websites

New Apprenticeships	This website provides useful information for job seekers as well as employers. It is a good place to start your job search as it provides you with everything you need to know about apprenticeships and traineeships before you sign up as well as giving helpful hints on how to find a job.
Job Guide	The job guide gives excellent descriptions of the everyday tasks involved in a huge number of occupations. There are contact details for various meat industry organisations in each state. Employment prospects are also highlighted for each occupation.
My Future Links to job searches	My future gives very detailed information about a huge number of occupations. The information contained here includes: duties and tasks; work conditions; personal requirements; earnings; the labour market; and training. There is also a great list of links to various job search websites.
My Career	A commonly used job search website.
Plus Jobs	A commonly used job search website.
Career One	A commonly used job search website.
Seek	A commonly used job search website.
Jet	JET is a web-based Apprenticeships & Traineeships job board and information site for jobseekers. When I searched there was nothing listed in the meat industry at all, however as more people get to know about this website, it will probably be a good place to start looking for an apprenticeship or traineeship.
Job Search	The Australian Government job search website.

Links to Companies in the Smallgoods Sector

Another method of searching for jobs in the meat industry is to contact your local meat industry employer directly. Following are a selection of employers with career/employment information on their website. If your local plant is not listed here, try using a search engine to find them.


Meat and Livestock Australia	Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is a producer-owned company that provides services to the entire Australian red meat industry including producers, processors, exporters, live exporters and retailers. MLA has around 30,000 livestock producer ‘members’.

If you would like to find out more information on careers in smallgoods, please email either the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) or the National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council (MINTRAC).