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Unit Group

3429 Other Horticultural Trades Workers

OSCA - Occupation Standard Classification for Australia
Reference period
2024, Version 1.0

3429 Other Horticultural Trades Workers

This unit group covers Horticultural Trades Workers not elsewhere classified. It includes Nurserypersons.

OSCA skill level

The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

  • Skill Level 3: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, AQF Certificate IV, or at least three years of relevant experience
Occupation

342931 Nurseryperson

Propagates and cultivates trees, shrubs and ornamental and flowering plants in a plant or forestry nursery.

Specialisations

  • Forest Nursery Production Operator
  • Plant Propagator

Skill level: 3

Main tasks

  • Prepares soil, fertiliser mixes and containers for planting
  • Selects and plants seeds, bulbs and cuttings in beds, containers or trays
  • Buds and grafts vegetative material onto rootstock
  • Monitors, waters and fertilises plants to ensure their water and nutritional requirements are met
  • Applies pesticides and appropriate treatments to control pests, diseases, weeds, and nutritional and environmental plant disorders
  • Keeps records of soil mixtures, plantings, treatments, losses and yields
  • Advises customers on plant selection and care