General Nursery Hand

Boomaroo Nurseries & Wholesale Supplies Pty; Southbrook; On-site; AUD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Boomaroo Nurseries & Wholesale Supplies Pty is looking for a General Nursery Hand to join our Southbrook Nursery. You will work across routine tasks, including forklift operation, spraying and chemical handling, fertigation, watering and plant care, following the head grower’s schedule.

This role requires physical fitness, reliability and the ability to work weekdays with occasional overtime. The successful candidate will contribute to our production targets, assist with loading/unloading,

Qualifications

• Must be physically fit and able to follow a schedule.
• Forklift license and experience operating is desirable.
• Experience spraying and chemical handling is desirable.
• Willing to learn and operate heavy equipment as needed.

Responsibilities

• Operate a forklift.
• Spray pesticides, fungicides and herbicides.
• Assist with fertigation and watering.
• Trim and move plants; prune and tidy beds.
• Follow production schedule set by Head Grower/Production Manager.
• Load/unload, laboring duties and cleaning.
• Other general nursery hand duties as required.

Skills

Physically fit

Attention to detail

Ability to follow schedule

Forklift operation

Tools

Forklift license

Job description

Boomaroo Nurseries’ is a world class vegetable seedling producer, supplying over 300 million seedlings and 1.5 million garden and indoor plants to growers and nurseries across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, ACT, Tasmania, and South Australia.

We are looking for a General Nursery Hand to work in our Southbrook Nursery.

Some of tasks could include:

• Operate a Forklift;
• Spraying insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides;
• Assist with Fertigation;
• Watering;
• Trimming;
• Following the production schedule as set out by the Head Grower and Production Manager;
• Pricking, moving plants, weeding;
• Other general nursery hand duties including loading/unloading, laboring duties & cleaning.

About you:

• Be physically fit;
• Eye for detail and ability to follow a schedule and instructions;
• Forklift license and experience operating or willingness to learn (desirable);
• Experience spraying and a chemical users permit (desirable);
• Experience operating manufacturing or other heavy equipment (desirable);
• Available to work a flexible roster, across weekdays.

This position requires availability from Monday - Friday and may also require occasional public holiday and weekend work.

Applications Close Sunday 22nd November 2026.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.