Gardener (General) (362211)

Tasks & 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