Landscape Gardener
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Trade · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25 - $40/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
Looking after a garden involves both the plants and the person who owns it. This Auckland Landscape Gardener position combines practical maintenance, equipment care and direct contact with clients. You will work alongside a wider group that includes horticulturists, landscape architects, builders and project managers. This role is open to applicants already in New Zealand with work rights.
The standard full-time position is 40 hours per week; part-time and casual opportunities are also available. The accredited employer can sponsor the right candidate. Applicants for this role must already be in New Zealand with work rights.
Give your horticultural knowledge a practical setting in an English CV: describe the gardens, plants and equipment you have worked with. Show your landscape gardening experience in a practical CV and include your driving licence and qualification.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain lawns and carry out pruning, weeding, planting and trimming with close attention to the finished result.
- Set a good example in the team and provide clients with a high standard of service.
- Operate and care for landscaping machinery, including chainsaws, lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, line trimmers, power washers and building tools.
- Listen and respond to the needs and concerns of clients and colleagues through effective communication.
Requirements & Eligibility
- 2 years or more of landscape gardening experience, ideally including hard landscaping
- Horticultural qualification
- Have excellent horticultural knowledge and a strong interest in plants
- Communicate effectively, including in conversations with clients
- Be capable both of unsupervised work and teamwork
- Follow instructions and meet deadlines
- Full driver's licence for manual and automatic vehicles; training on manual is available if needed
- Maintain a health and safety focus, pay attention to detail and show initiative
- Have good physical fitness and the right to work in NZ
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