Garden Labourers

Garden Labourers perform a variety of routine tasks in propagating, cultivating and maintaining plants in gardens.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

#### In New Zealand:

NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

**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