Gardener (General)

Overview

Gardeners (General) plant, cultivate and maintain parks and gardens.

Day-to-day

• prepares and maintains seedbeds and growing sites
• propagates and plants trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs
• prepares lawn areas by spreading top soil and planting grass, and laying instant turf
• maintains planted and grassed areas by weeding, trimming, fertilising, watering and mowing
• prunes trees and hedges, and installs plant support and protection devices
• constructs gravel and paved areas, walls, fences, pergolas, ponds, barbecues and garden furniture
• examines trees to asses their condition and determine treatment
• lopping limbs off trees and shaping branches using chain or handsaws
• sprays and dusts plants and trees to control insects and disease, and fells diseased trees.

Considerations

• physically demanding
• requires driving
• working outdoors.