Horticultural worker
Mornington Turfing & Landscaping

Get the foundations of your gardening maintenance and horticulture career off to a great start with this placement!

Working with qualified tradespeople, you will gain valuable, practical, real-world experience in the workplace.

This business will give you a terrific opportunity to build on your industry skills and knowledge.

Skills You Might Learn

During your placement, you may undertake the following:

- Stack, store and inventory of materials
- Practical hands on work
- Use hand & garden tools
- Develop further knowledge about plants and gardens and land management
- Caring for plants by watering, weeding, pruning, feeding and spraying
- Be involved in lawn maintenance and cutting, removing dead growth and branches
- Work in a team and also independently
- Perform general tidying
- Be involved in labouring, given suitable supervision.
- Be involved in path management, laying and maintenance
- Observe OH&S procedures on site
- Clean site equipment under supervision
- Apply safe handling and use of plant and power tools

Students may have the opportunity to attain a broad range of skills while on work placement. These will include valuable general employability skills such as:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Initiative and enterprise
- Planning and organising
- Self-management
- Learning
- Technology

Students may attain vital industry specific skills which will also relate to their studies such as:
- Hands-on practical experience
- Observing and learning from industry qualified and experienced professionals
- Working in real-life scenarios and environments
- Working with tools and equipment necessary to the occupation and business
- Liaising and working with colleagues, managers, customers/clients and suppliers.

Typical Tasks & Duties

Students will gain hands-on experience across all aspects of the business. This placement will provide you with a range of opportunities to develop your skills while working alongside experienced industry tradespeople.

Student Requirements

tSome employers have specific requirements relating to student placements. These may include sending in a resume, sighting a current Working with Children Check (WWC), gaining parental permission for the student to travel with employer or attending an OH&S induction prior to commencing a placement.

Please contact the employer at least two weeks prior to the placement start date to see if there are any additional requirements.

Dress Requirements

Most employers will have an expectation on what is appropriate dress or a requirement (such as safety or uniform) for the workplace. Please contact employer for details relating to any dress and protective clothing or boots requirements prior to the placement commencement date.

Another good idea is to look at the people at the workplace during your interview – observe what they are wearing and use this as a guide for how you should dress when you attend your placement.

Special Transport Requirements

Student is to arrange own transport to and from the employer. Or possibly arrange with employer to be picked up/meet on route to site address (which can be varied).

RELATED COURSES INCLUDE

• AHC20416 - Certificate II in Horticulture
• AHC21616 - Certificate II in Landscaping
• AHC30716 - Certificate III in Horticulture