Overview

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

• Job prospects - Below Average
• Weekly earnings - $720
• Occupation size - 27800
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Tasks

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.

• loading, unloading and moving garden supplies and equipment
• preparing garden sites and plots using hand tools and machines
• assisting with planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns
• maintaining gardens by watering, weeding and mowing lawns
• cleaning gardens and removing rubbish
• assisting with propagating, planting and potting seeds, bulbs and cuttings
• tending plants by hand watering and weeding
• adjusting mist irrigation systems, shade and ventilation
• harvesting and packaging plants for sale and transport

Job Titles

• Garden Labourer 
• Horticultural Nursery Assistant