Australian Pacific Indigenous Personnel
Innisfail
APIP is an Indigenous-owned labour hire and recruitment company. We place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into work around Innisfail, from agriculture and transport through to civil and commercial construction, and we stay involved after someone starts.
Innisfail sits in farming country, and agriculture is one of the seven sectors we recruit for. Work on the land and in packing sheds can be seasonal, and that cuts both ways. It can be a way into steady employment, or it can turn into a run of short stints that never builds into anything.
We work on the second problem. Getting someone job-ready means the tickets and licences the work actually calls for, then matching them to a role that suits where they live and how they get there. Transport assistance is part of that rather than an afterthought, because in a district like this the trip to work often decides whether the job lasts.
For local employers we cover labour hire on a casual or permanent basis, specialist recruitment and job matching, training and licensing, payroll, insurance and workers’ compensation claims, and HR administration. If you need a crew at short notice, or a permanent hire who will still be there next season, that is the job.
We keep supporting the placement afterwards, with mentoring on and off site for the worker and education for your team on working effectively with staff from Indigenous backgrounds. Retention is the point. Filling a role twice costs more than filling it once properly.
If you employ people around Innisfail, or you live locally and want work that lasts, get in touch. Innisfail is part of the North Queensland region we recruit across, south of Cairns and within reach of our Townsville base, alongside the other areas we cover. Contact us about the roles you need filled, or register with APIP to get started.