Gardener

Blacktown City Council; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rostered Day Off

12% Super

Fitness Passport

Wellbeing programs

Training and development

Job summary

Blacktown City Council is seeking a trade-qualified Gardener to join our Greenspace Services team. You will care for parks, gardens and public spaces, ensuring presentation, safety and consistency across formal gardens, CBD areas and community hubs.

Your day includes mowing, edging, pruning, irrigation checks, planting, mulch application and weed control. You’ll operate mowers and other equipment while maintaining high horticultural standards and guiding apprentices.

Qualifications

• Trade-qualified Gardener
• Experience maintaining parks/public spaces

Responsibilities

• Mow and edge lawns and maintain garden beds
• Trim and shape hedges; prune and maintain shrubbery
• Check irrigation systems and monitor plant health
• Plant trees and shrubs; apply mulch; control weeds
• Operate mowers, edgers and whipper snippers
• Identify hazards and keep sites clean and safe
• Support apprentices and uphold high horticultural standards

Skills

Gardener

Education

Trade qualification - Gardener

Tools

Mowers

Edgers

Whipper snippers

Job description

Work that matters, done with people who care.

Join our Greenspace Services team as a trade-qualified Gardener and help maintain the parks, gardens and public spaces that residents use every day. You work in a crew responsible for formal gardens, landscaped CBD areas, community hubs and other high-profile locations where presentation, safety and consistency are important.

Your day includes mowing and edging lawns, maintaining garden beds, trimming and organising hedges, checking irrigation systems and monitoring plant health. You plant trees and shrubs, apply mulch, control weeds, undertake minor landscaping works and operate equipment such as mowers, edgers and whipper snippers. You identify hazards, keep sites clean and safe, support apprentices and help ensure work is completed to a high horticultural standard.

The work is visible and practical. Families, visitors and local residents use these spaces every day, and the quality of your work helps keep them attractive, safe and enjoyable.

This role suits someone who enjoys outdoor work, leads by example and takes pride in maintaining high-quality public spaces.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Benefits and compensation

• a secure, permanent, full-time role with one of Australia's largest councils
• an entry level salary commencing at $1,420.05 per week
• a Rostered Day Off (RDO) every fortnight
• 12% superannuation and competitive leave entitlements
• ongoing training and development support
• access to Fitness Passport, social clubs and wellbeing programs.

EEO data collection question - Please note providing this information is voluntary. Any information that you do provide will remain confidential and will only be used for statistical information to assist with equity and diversity policy development.

EEO data collection question - Please note providing this information is voluntary. Any information that you do provide will remain confidential and will only be used for statistical information to assist with equity and diversity policy development.

EEO data collection question - Please note providing this information is voluntary. Any information that you do provide will remain confidential and will only be used for statistical information to assist with equity and diversity policy development.

EEO data collection question - Please note providing this information is voluntary. Any information that you do provide will remain confidential and will only be used for statistical information to assist with equity and diversity policy development.