Landscape Gardener Jobs In Australia
Landscape Gardener
Landscape Gardener Jobs Australia - Locations include: Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast
Landscape Gardeners plant, cultivate, maintain, plan and construct parks, gardens, and landscapes, and inspect, diagnose and treat trees and shrubs. Some of the major responsibilities they do include propagating and planting trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs and preparing lawn areas by spreading topsoil and planting grass, and by laying instant turf.
Gardeners work in the most part of Australia. This is a very large occupation employing 69,500 workers. The number of workers has stayed about the same over the past 5 years. Over the next 5 years (to May 2022) the number of workers is expected to grow strongly to 77,400. Around 48,000 job openings are likely over this time from workers leaving and new jobs being created.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
-
A Certificate III including at least 2 years of on-the-job training, or a Certificate IV, or at least 3 years of relevant experience is usually needed. Around two in five workers have a Vocational Education Training (VET) qualification. Sometimes experience or on-the-job training is needed in addition to a qualification.
-
Knowledge in English Language, Customer and Personal Service, Chemistry, Mechanical and Public Safety and Security.
-
Whilst skills can be improved through training and experience, the most important ones for a Gardener are Operation and Control, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Active Listening, and Coordination.
-
The physical and social abilities workers rate as the most important for Gardener are Multilimb Coordination, Manual Dexterity, Trunk Strength, Arm-Hand Steadiness, and Control Precision
If you have the skills and experience of working in landscape gardening, we are inviting you to send us a copy of your updated resume, together with your expression of interest:
Employer
Contact Us Jobseeker
Submit Resume
Locals and/or onshore candidates with full work rights and are immediately available will be prioritized. When required, work visa sponsorship may also be offered to outstanding international candidates, preferably onshore. Qualified applicants on working holiday visa are likewise encouraged to apply.
Blue Collar Skills is a recruitment agency that specialises in qualified blue-collar staffing. We help organisations recruit skilled tradesmen. We also assist qualified trades and technicians to find work compatible with their skills and work experiences.
Blue Collar Skills is a division of Konnecting, an Australian skilled migration and international recruitment consultancy firm. Konnecting specialises in sourcing candidates for niche roles and a registered migration agency that processes Australian employer sponsored visas.