Horticultural worker
Peek Garden Design

1 Week in Oct. Watch your horticulture skills grow with this SWL placement. Who knows where this placement might take you! Conveniently based in Moorooduc you will be working maintaining and landscaping this plant & cactus grower.

Skills You Might Learn

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

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

Student Requirements

Students will be required to call the employer to arrange a "Meet & Greet". They will need to take along their SWL Arrangement Forms.

Dress Requirements

There are dress requirements for this position, please ask the employer at interview what will be required.

Special Transport Requirements

Students to travel to the employer in Moorooduc.