Landscape Gardeners plan and construct garden landscapes.

Skill Level

3

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Landscape Gardener is Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Must have successfully completed an AQF Qualification either a Certificate III in Landscape Construction or formal training that is comparable
• Must possess skills that are current to Australian industry standards demonstrated by 12 months full time employment or equivalent part-time in the occupation in the previous three years
• If you have obtained a qualification internationally or an Australian qualification that was not through the Australian Recognition of Learning process, you are required to demonstrate 3 years full time or equivalent post-qualification experience
• If you have obtained an Australian qualification issued through the Australian Recognition of Learning process, you are required to demonstrate 3 years full-time or equivalent post-qualification experience OR 6 years full-time or equivalent experience which can be either pre- or post-qualification.

Plant, cultivate, maintain, plan and construct parks, gardens and landscapes, and inspect, diagnose and treat trees and shrubs.

Tasks

• Preparing and maintaining seedbeds and growing sites
• Propagating and planting trees, bushes, hedges, flowers and bulbs
• Preparing lawn areas by spreading top soil and planting grass, and by laying instant turf
• Maintaining planted and grassed areas by weeding, trimming, fertilising, watering and mowing
• Pruning trees and hedges, and installing plant support and protection devices
• Preparing plans and drawings, selecting materials and plants, and scheduling landscape construction
• Setting out and installing hardscape and softscape structures
• Constructing gravel and paved areas, walls, fences, pergolas, ponds, barbecues and garden furniture
• Examining trees to assess their condition and determine treatment
• Lopping limbs off trees and shaping branches using chain and handsaws
• Spraying and dusting plants and trees to control insects and disease, and felling diseased trees

Skill Level

In Australia and New Zealand:

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the following qualifications:

• Australia (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
  • AQF Certificate III + 2 years of on-the-job training; or
  • AQF Certificate IV
• New Zealand (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
  • NZQF Level 4 Qualification

Please note at least three years of relevant experience may be a substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances, relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Occupations in this Group

• 362211 Gardener (General)
• 362212 Arborist
• 362213 Landscape Gardener