assistant director

chief policy officer

director

veterinarian

technical officer

Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leadership well-being team
Support respect inclusion and diversity- growth initiative and respect 
Learning support and team
Building 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Long hours and busy - fast paced and busy workloads with limited resources to employ more staff 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very inclusive 
Supportive and nice people 
Non bullying environment 
Great leaders 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start early 
Meeting's
Calendar and diary management 
Looking at emails

I very much appreciated the opportunities  the department gave me in pursuing my passion with agriculture.

Learning to work with new and enthusiastic people is a bonus . The hardest part of the job is working with people who are dissatisfied with their job and job related issues.

The enjoyable part of the job is working with like minded committed people to providing a positive outcome for rural Australia.

Set routine with decision making and organisation required.  Other duties arising regularly.  The importance of good managers.  How some processes of the organisation worked.  The manager in this job was not fully engaged.  Co workers were excellent.  The hardest part of the job was a lack of variety of duties.  Also very little to extend ones capabilities.  Learning curve was low.  The best part of the job was the autonomy and the driving and travel to remote areas.  I also enjoyed the interaction with other agencies.

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources develops and implements policies and programmes to ensure Australia's agricultural, fisheries, food and fore​stry indust​ries remain competitive, profitable and sustainable, and supports the sustainable and productive management and use of rivers and water resources. We have about 5000 staff working in offices, airports, mail centres, shipping ports, laboratories and abattoirs; located in regional ​centres, rural communities and capital cities.

Inspect international vessels and aircraft arriving into Australia’s metropolitan and regional ports with strict adherence to the relevant instructional material;
•	Review and participate in Cargo/Seaports related verification procedures;
•	Prioritise operational tasks relating to workplace procedures and duty delegations;
•	Provide timely advice to clients & members of the public on appropriate actions regarding quarantine import conditions, seaports requirements and consequences for breaches.

Work at export meat plant under minimal supervision with little or no back up whilst under extreme scrutiny by company management .
the most enjoyable part of the job is the knowledge that you are doing your part in controlling a quality product is being produced for human consumption under the Australian standards. The hardest part of the job is the lack of support and back up from your department supervisors and department heads.

Working within a team environment is rewarding ,also i work independently. Hardest part of my job would be spending long periods away from family.Management are fine they provide the flexibility to do training courses, and support their staff .
my working day varies so much from day to day i could be in the field , office work or lab work .

Productive and fun workplace with a gym and social club. assortment of duties, never bored, lots of laughter, management approachable. work colleagues all worked as a team, very safe environment. Very busy during morning teas and lunch. I learned some catering skills, time management and met some lovely people.

It was fun everyday at work. I leaned more about animal parasites, animal parasites genetics, chicken vaccines against parasites. On the second project, I learned how to analyze  and map the genome of GMO papaya to be able to identify the GMO insert and determine the zygosity of the GMO papaya using PCR.

This department has some great people working for it. 
As usual, the management and leadership of teams is integral in deciding whether you will work in a place that is great to work for or not. 
Opportunties for people with no agricultural background to become invested in australian industry.

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