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ANZSCO 311399Updated 2026-01-29
Primary Products Assurance and Inspection OfficersNEC
National shortage level: Low
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 85k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1630
Salary range: AUD 76k-AUD 93k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
33.7%
VIC
19.4%
SA
18.7%
NSW
Education mix
33.5%
bachelor degree
14.3%
certificate iii/ iv
13.8%
Post graduate
Role overview
Other Primary Products Inspectors includes jobs like Dairy Quality Assurance Officer, and Fruit and Vegetable Inspector.
What you do
- • Inspects animals, plants and agricultural produce to identify product quality issues and provide advice to producers.
- • Audits and monitors quality procedures at farms, food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards.
- • Tests samples of produce for quality, size and purity.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (33.5%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Advises primary producers on economic aspects of disease eradication and informs producers and the general public of the health implication of disease and impurities.
- • Audits and monitors quality procedures at farms, food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards.
- • Ensure that required standards of hygiene are observed at storage, processing and packing facilities and in transport vehicles.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1630
Annual median: AUD 85k
Range: AUD 76k-AUD 93k