It depends on the workforce type. PALM Scheme workers typically take 8-12 weeks, given the in country recruitment, visa and mobilisation process. Whereas local employees, backpackers and permanent placements are much quicker – typically depending on role and location and notice periods. Our process starts with a brief, then we source, screen and present candidates for your approval before running final compliance checks and placing them on site. 

If a casual worker doesn’t show up, we’ll work quickly with the client to understand what they need and determine the best solution. For ad hoc requirements, we’ll generally look to replace the worker as soon as possible, using our candidate database to identify suitable available workers. Our priority is to keep the client updated throughout and make sure the approach aligns with their site requirements.  

Yes, RWM can scale your site or business up or down quickly. We draw on our pool of local workers, PALM Scheme employees and short term visa holders including backpackers on working holiday visas to flex your headcount up for peak season or wind it back down when things quieten, without you having to manage multiple recruitment channels yourself.

An RWM site manager or our recruitment team manages employees once they’re on site as an extension of your team. They handle recruitment and onboarding, training, payroll, HR and compliance and health and safety so your team isn't left managing an external workforce on top of everything else. For PALM Scheme workers, that support goes further with our site managers and Cultural Welfare Officers providing 24/7 pastoral care, looking after workers' emotional and religious wellbeing alongside their day to day work.

The process depends on the type of workforce you're after. For local and backpacker placements, it starts with a brief to our recruitment team, then sourcing and screening of candidates, your approval of preferred candidates, compliance checks (health questionnaires, visa verification, ID checks) and onboarding before placement on site.

For a PALM Scheme workforce, the process runs a little longer, given the extra steps involved such as in country recruitment through Labour Sending Units, visa processing, sourcing accommodation and additional compliance, but RWM manages every part of it end to end so it stays straightforward on your side.

We supply casual and seasonal workers so you can scale up around your peak seasons, but that's not all we do. Local workers can be placed in ongoing roles, backpackers are ideal for short term or seasonal gaps and PALM Scheme workers offer longer term placements of up to four years. Whatever mix suits your operation, casual, seasonal or ongoing, we can build it.

RWM’s provides labour hire services across food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, manufacturing, transport and logistics, trades and white collar support roles, essentially the full paddock to plate supply chain.