Gardner
Location: Port Hedland, Port Hedland, Karratha & Pilbara WA
Duties and Responsibility
- General garden maintenance using a range of tools, plant and equipment including; ride-on mowers, chainsaws, whipper-snipper’s, leaf blowers, trimmers and sprayers.
- Soil preparation, planting, pruning, weeding, hedging and mulching.
- Safe use and storage of gardening equipment, materials and chemicals.
- preparing lawn areas by spreading top soil and planting grass, and by laying instant turf
- maintaining 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
- setting out and installing hardscape and softscape structures
- 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
Selection Criteria
- Certificate in Horticulture is desirable but not essential.
- Prior experience in a similar role or a willingness to learn new skills.
- Comfortable working in a physical outdoor environment.
- Confident use of garden machinery and hand tools.
- Sound awareness of manual handling and safe work practices.
- Good communication skills and ability to work effectively within a team.
- Current C Class Drivers Licence.
