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With nearly 2000 employees and staff across multiple sites, Bedford is the largest employer of people with a disability in South Australia.

Our business operations include APG (horticulture and grounds maintenance), Bedford Hospitality & Balyana Conference Centre, Bedford Furniture and Bedford Packaging. Our size and scope means that we can offer a vast range of opportunities for employment and training.

The different tasks and opportunities for skill development include:

  • integrated, computer controlled furniture manufacture

  • computerised timber cutting

  • hospitality – kitchen operations and front of house

  • collating and packaging

  • light assembly

  • building maintenance and cleaning

  • basic clerical including computing and photocopying

  • driving and courier deliveries

  • stock control

  • gardening and landscaping

Bedford offers a range of opportunities for personal development and promotion to higher levels of work and pay to its employees. Access to part time employment, accredited training, sick leave, flexible work hours, part paid maternity and paternity leave, parenting, carers, adoption leave and superannuation all define Bedford as a fair and attractive employer.

Contemporary business practices require stringent application of Occupational Health and Safety standards. Awareness of safety issues and the implementation of practical programmes to meet required standards are central to the way Bedford operates. As a result of its commitment to Occupational Health and Safety Bedford has achieved full Government accreditation following an audit by an independent quality auditor.

Bedford’s in-house training and nationally accredited TAFE programmes are designed to enhance people’s skills and build their confidence so that they can choose to move between departments or into open employment through Career Systems.

Bedford is a great place to work. For further details about how to apply or the full range of options available, please contact a Bedford Recruitment Officer on (08) 8275 0211 .