General worker, greenhouse/hotbed

Garden and horticultural labourers perform simple and routine tasks in growing and maintaining trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants in parks and private gardens, in producing saplings, bulbs and seeds, or in growing vegetables and flowers using intensive cultivation techniques.

• loading, unloading and moving produce and equipment;
• preparing garden areas using hand tools and machinery;
• helping to plant, bed out and transplant flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns;
• maintaining gardens by watering, removing weeds and mowing grass;
• cleaning gardens and disposing of waste;
• helping to propagate, plant and transplant seeds, bulbs and cuttings;
• tending plants by watering and weeding them by hand;
• picking and packing plants for sale and transport;
• making minor repairs to buildings and fences.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Worker, landscaping
• Worker, flower growing
• Worker, rose growing
• Worker, nursery