Ethan Grocke

Acclaimed Workforce - Labourer

June 2023-Current

I am currently working at a labour hire company called Acclaimed Workforce in the Barossa Valley. Through Acclaimed, I mainly work at Yalumba winery in Angaston. My responsibilities normally include working on the bottling line. My roles can include hand packing bottles of wine into storage boxes, unloading trucks, placing bottles onto a conveyer system, and placing dividers in the boxes of wine as they pass through the line.

Suber-Lefort- Acclaimed Workforce Labourer

January 2024-February 2024

Through Acclaimed Workforce I worked at Suber-Lefort where I was stacking planks of wood onto pallets before they were cooked in industrial ovens.

Seppeltsfield Barossa Vineyard Hand

November 2022-May 2023

During my time working at Seppeltsfield Barossa my work included operating tractors and equipment in vineyards around the Barossa. This was often slashing the vineyard mid-row. I also did manual vineyard work such as trellis work, hand picking grapes during vintage 2023, and PH testing the fruit before they were ready to be machine harvested.

LG Vineyards Services PTYLTD

January 2021-November 2022

LG Vineyard Services was a family run business where I was responsible for operating tractors and vineyard equipment in vineyards around the Barossa area. I would also do seasonal gondola driving in vineyards in the South East during vintage once all the Barossa vineyards were complete. I would slash slash vineyards mid-row, operating a front-end loader with compost to be spread using a compost spreader and picked up bales of straw and placed them in the straw spreader machine before it was spread in the vineyard under the vines.

Red Door Espresso Kitchenhand & Front of house

January 2018-January 2021

Whilst working at Red Door Espresso I was responsible for running food and drinks out to customers, making cold drinks taking their orders, and greeting and communicating with customers to ensure they had a memorable experience at Red door espresso. I also would assist with any queries from customers, I would undergo regular stock take rotation, do dishes and cleaning of the cafe and toilets.

Through Acclaimed Workforce I worked at Suber-Lefort where I was stacking planks of wood onto pallets before they were cooked in industrial ovens.

November 2022-May 2023

During my time working at Seppeltsfield Barossa my work included operating tractors and equipment in vineyards around the Barossa. This was often slashing the vineyard mid-row. I also did manual vineyard work such as trellis work, hand picking grapes during vintage 2023, and PH testing the fruit before they were ready to be machine harvested.

LG Vineyard Services was a family run business where I was responsible for operating tractors and vineyard equipment in vineyards around the Barossa area. I would also do seasonal gondola driving in vineyards in the South East during vintage once all the Barossa vineyards were complete. I would slash slash vineyards mid-row, operating a front-end loader with compost to be spread using a compost spreader and picked up bales of straw and placed them in the straw spreader machine before it was spread in the vineyard under the vines.

Whilst working at Red Door Espresso I was responsible for running food and drinks out to customers, making cold drinks taking their orders, and greeting and communicating with customers to ensure they had a memorable experience at Red door espresso. I also would assist with any queries from customers, I would undergo regular stock take rotation, do dishes and cleaning of the cafe and toilets.