Garden Labourers
- Classification
- Unit
- Major group
- Labourers
Classification
- Major group
- 8Labourers
- Sub-major group
- 84Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers
- Minor group
- 843Forestry and Garden Workers
Description
Garden Labourers perform a variety of routine tasks in propagating, cultivating and maintaining plants in gardens.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
Tasks
Tasks include
- loading, unloading and moving garden supplies and equipment
- preparing garden sites and plots using hand tools and machines
- assisting with planting, transplanting and positioning flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns in gardens
- maintaining gardens by watering, weeding, pruning, mulching and fertilising, operating and adjusting irrigation systems and using protection stratergies
- raking, aerating, dethatching, fertilising and mowing lawns
- spraying and dusting trees, shrubs, lawns and gardens, as directed, to control pests, weeds and disease
- cleaning gardens and removing rubbish