Certificate III in Retail Nursery

Duration - 3 year
Study - TAFE / CIT

Work in a vibrant retail garden centre surrounded by plants while building skills in propagation and plant care. Assist customers with advice on looking after their plants, and carry out everyday tasks involved in growing, cultivating, and maintaining nursery and garden stock.

Tasks

  • Engaging with customers
  • Cleaning gardens and removing rubbish
  • Creating visual merchandising displays
  • Maintaining nursery plants and gardens
  • Identify plant specimens
  • Assisting with planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs and trees
  • Preparing gardens sites using gardening tools

Future prospects

  • Diploma of Horticulture

Also known as

  • Horticultural nursery assistant
  • Garden labourer
  • Horticultural nursery hand

If you like

  • Customer service
  • Plants
  • Team work
  • Working outdoors (hot & cold climates)

We look after

  • Wages
  • Allowances
  • Annual leave & annual leave loading
  • TAFE/RTO fees
  • Mentoring & support
  • WHS/PPE

Fact

There are over 43,800 people employed in this industry. (jobsandskills.gov.au

 

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