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Store Team Member
Role summary
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A Store Team Member supports customers and helps keep the supermarket running smoothly. Duties may include serving customers, stocking shelves, displaying products, maintaining clean and safe areas, checking product quality, and working across different departments as required. Applicants generally need good communication skills, a friendly and reliable attitude, basic literacy and numeracy, and the ability to work well in a team. The role can involve standing for long periods, lifting stock, and working flexible shifts, including early mornings, evenings, weekends and public holidays. Candidates are expected to provide helpful service, follow health and safety procedures, work efficiently, and contribute positively to the store team.
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 stores across metropolitan, regional and remote communities, supplying groceries, fresh food, household products and everyday essentials. The company employs a large and diverse workforce across stores, distribution centres, online operations, technology and corporate teams. Woolworths focuses on convenient shopping, fresh product quality, customer service and supporting Australian communities. Store employees are central to the business, helping customers, replenishing products, maintaining safe and attractive stores, and processing purchases. Woolworths also promotes team development, inclusion and internal career progression. Depending on the position and location, employees may receive staff benefits, structured training and opportunities to move into supervisory or specialist roles.