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Store Team Member
Role summary
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The Store Team Member supports everyday supermarket operations, including serving customers, operating checkouts, replenishing shelves, maintaining displays, checking product quality, and keeping the store clean and safe. Applicants generally need a customer-focused attitude, reliable work habits, good communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a busy team environment. Physical fitness may be required for standing, lifting, bending, and moving stock. Availability for varied shifts, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and public holidays, is commonly expected. Previous retail experience can be helpful but is often not essential, as training is provided. Candidates should be flexible, approachable, safety-conscious, and committed to delivering a positive shopping experience.
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 a major part of Woolworths Group. It operates a nationwide network of stores offering groceries, fresh food, household products, and everyday essentials. The company employs a large and diverse workforce across stores, distribution centres, digital operations, support offices, and customer service teams. Woolworths focuses on convenient shopping, fresh food, value, responsible sourcing, and supporting local communities. Store Team Members are central to the customer experience, helping shelves remain stocked, assisting shoppers, processing purchases, and maintaining safe and welcoming stores. The business promotes teamwork, workplace safety, inclusion, learning, and internal career development. Depending on the position, employees may work part-time, casually, or full-time, with rosters designed around store trading requirements.