Gardener at National Health Laboratory Services

Key Job Responsibility 

• Conditions and prepares soils and plants seeds, seedlings, or bulbs in outdoor growing area, using spades, trowels, sprayers, sprinklers, cultivators, and other gardening hand tools and equipment Mows lawns to maintain grounds
• Trims and edges around walks, flower beds and walls Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches or twigs Sprays lawn, shrubs and trees with fertilizer, herbicides and insecticides Rakes and bags or burns leaves
• Cleans grounds and removes litter Plants and waters lawns, flowers, trees and shrubs Repairs fences, gates, walls and pathways Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts Sharpens tools such as weed cutters, edging tools and shears Any other general gardening service work. 

Minimum requirements & key competency 

• Grade 10 /NQF 2 Matric Certificate (Desirable) Min of 1-year experience in providing landscaping services (Essential) Knowledge about plants and the environment (Essential)
• Verbal communication skills Time management skills Ability to work independently Ability to operate light machinery Physical fitness and the ability to undertake manual labour.