Enjoy working outdoors? This is the role for you.
Join a team where you will be valued, supported, and recognised. As a Gardener you will maintain, enhance, and develop the City's high quality passive parklands and streetscapes, ensuring that these are recognised by the community as premium gardens and surroundings.
**Benefits**:
- Work for Local Council
- Monday to Friday 7am-4pm
- 38 hours per week
- Great culture and team environment.
**In this role you will**:
- Perform Horticulture and associated tasks in Parks, Streets, and other Council operated facilities, including (but not restricted to) watering, weeding, pruning, litter collection, fertilising, use of trailers, hand tools and small plant.
- Assist with the development of annual and perennial planting programs.
- Assist with the design of new garden beds and renovation work when required.
- Maintenance of high quality annual and perennial garden beds.
- Maintain irrigation systems when required.
- Ensure defined Service Standards are met.
- Ensure Plant and Equipment is maintained and available.
- Ensure Compliance with Codes of Practice and Safe Operating Procedures, and other relevant guidelines.
- Demonstrated preparedness to work in adverse weather conditions and on rostered weekends and public holidays and after hours, particularly during warm weather
**About you**:
- Have a recognised trade certificate or equivalent in Horticulture (or similar field), Certificate 3 or above, preferably with a commitment to further education,
- Experience in amenity horticulture, preferably with experience in maintaining irrigation systems,
- Good understanding of plant cultural requirements and plant selection
- Skills in safe and competent operation of specific plant and equipment
- Preparedness to work in adverse weather conditions and on rostered weekends and public holidays and after hours, particularly during warm weather.
- Understanding of diversity in the workplace and community
- Good communication skills
- Current Victorian drivers' licence.