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Assistant Fruit and Veg Manager
Role summary
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The Assistant Fruit and Veg Manager supports the department manager in running a fresh-food section, maintaining high presentation and quality standards, managing stock rotation, reducing waste, completing replenishment, and delivering friendly customer service. The role generally requires retail or supermarket experience, confidence leading team members, strong organisation, food-safety awareness, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Woolworths expects candidates to be hands-on, commercially aware, reliable, comfortable with early starts, and willing to work across weekends and public holidays. Good communication, attention to detail, and a genuine interest in fresh produce are important.
Can I work in Australia?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Sales assistants and shop-floor staff are not on the Core Skills list; only retail managers and buyers can be sponsored, at AUD 79,423+; a working holiday visa is the usual route for shop work.
Before you apply: Shop-floor jobs need no professional licence. Pharmacists do: they must register with the local regulator, and one qualified abroad often has to pass local exams first. Selling alcohol can need a short course and certificate, for example in Australia.
Watch for: Shop jobs go to people with work rights, including working holiday visa holders (6 months with one employer); there is no sponsorship route for sales assistants.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation: Core Skills Occupation List (Subclass 482 instrument, LIN 24/089). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Australia
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in Australia, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Varies by employer |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer pays the nomination fee and training levy (by law); visa fee AUD 4,015, paid by you or the employer |
| Flights | Varies by employer |
| Pay and discount | Retail award floor, adult Level 1: AUD 27.81 an hour from 1 July 2026; casuals get 25% extra (by law) |
| Contract | Full-time, part-time or casual; a working holiday visa allows 6 months with one employer |
| Leave | Full-time and part-time: 4 weeks' leave, 10 paid sick days, paid public holidays (by law); casuals none |
| Income tax | Residents: 0% to AUD 18,200, 15% to 45,000, 30% to 135,000, 37% to 190,000, then 45%; plus 2% Medicare levy |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Woolworths Supermarkets
Woolworths Supermarkets is one of Australia's largest supermarket businesses and part of Woolworths Group. It operates a broad network of supermarkets and online grocery services, supplying customers with fresh food, pantry products, household essentials and everyday services. The company employs a large national workforce across stores, distribution centres, technology, support offices and customer operations. Woolworths places strong emphasis on fresh-food quality, customer service, team development, sustainability and convenient shopping. Its stores are generally busy, community-focused workplaces where team members contribute directly to customer experience and store performance. In Australia, Woolworths is known for structured training, internal career opportunities and a wide range of retail roles, from entry-level team positions to department leadership and store management.