EXPERIENCED NURSERY HAND | ASSISTANT PROPAGATOR

Plants Direct Qld; Eumundi; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Plants Direct Queensland, based on the Sunshine Coast near Eumundi, is seeking an Experienced Nursery Hand / Assistant Propagator. The role involves propagation tasks, pest and disease identification, inventory management, and team collaboration to optimise plant production.

Casual up to 38 hours weekly with flexible hours within Mon-Thurs and Fri shifts. Prior nursery experience is essential; horticulture qualifications and chemical certification are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience with propagation tasks (cuttings, seed sowing, tissue culture)
• Ability to identify pests and diseases and apply hygiene practices
• Assist with inventory management
• Collaborate with team to optimise production
• Prior nursery experience in a similar role essential
• Horticulture qualifications and chemical certification are advantageous

Responsibilities

• General propagation duties: taking cuttings, sowing seed, deflasking tissue culture, potting up, fertilising, weeding and grading plants
• Identify pest and disease issues and follow hygiene protocols
• Assist with inventory management
• Collaborate with team and share plant knowledge to optimise production
• Prior nursery experience in a similar role is essential
• Horticulture qualifications and chemical certification are advantageous

Skills

Propagation duties

Pest & disease awareness

Inventory management

Team collaboration

Nursery experience

Horticulture qualifications

Education

Horticulture qualifications

Job description

EXPERIENCED NURSERY HAND | ASSISTANT PROPAGATOR

Plants Direct Queenslandis based on the Sunshine Coast near Eumundi and is a long established and industry leading wholesale production nursery. Covering 40 acres, the nursery produces quality tubestock through to advanced trees for the revegetation, retail and landscape markets.

We are currently recruiting for the following position:

EXPERIENCED NURSERY HAND | ASSISTANT PROPAGATOR

Role & Responsibilities:

• General propagation duties - taking cuttings, sowing seed, deflasking tissue culture, potting up, fertilizing, weeding and grading plants.
• The ability to identify pest and disease issues and adhere to best practice hygiene protocols.
• Assisting with inventory management
• The ability to collaborate with team members and share plant knowledge to optimise plant production outcomes
• Priornursery experience in a similar role is essential
• Horticulture qualifications, chemical certification, and a manual driver’s licence are also advantageous

The position is casual up to 38 hrs approx. per week - Mon-Thurs 7.30am - 4.00pm, Fri 7.30- 1.00pm (flexible working hours are available within this framework). There is opportunity for advancement withinourorganisation. Further horticultural training and a fulltime position are also potentially available.

The successful applicant must befit and healthy, have own transport, be reliable, willing to take directionand work well with others.