Tasks and responsibilities:
· preparing
and maintaining seedbeds and growing sites
· propagating
and planting trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs
· preparing
lawn areas by spreading top soil and planting grass, and by laying instant turf
· maintaining
planted and grassed areas by weeding, trimming, fertilising, watering and
mowing
· pruning
trees and hedges, and installing plant support and protection devices
· preparing
plans and drawings, selecting materials and plants, and scheduling landscape
construction
· setting
out and installing hardscape and softscape structures
· constructing
gravel and paved areas, walls, fences, pergolas, ponds, barbecues and garden
furniture
· examining
trees to assess their condition and determine treatment
· lopping
limbs off trees and shaping branches using chain and handsaws
· spraying
and dusting plants and trees to control insects and disease, and felling
diseased trees
Requirements
· Minimum experience as a Gardner for 3 -5
years
AQF
Certificate III including at least two years of on -the -job training, or AQF
Certificate IV
Benefits Employer sponsored visa