Skilled Horticultural Worker
Core
Propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process mushrooms in an indoor or outdoor production environment.
Role type
Skilled Horticultural Worker
Builds
Fresh Swiss brown, White button, and Field mushrooms for supermarkets and produce markets
Domain
Agriculture / Horticulture / Mushroom Farming
Required skills
Horticultural propagation, crop cultivation, harvest and packing, pesticide and weedicide application, irrigation and fertigation, machinery operation, record keeping, transport and logistics
Preferred skills
AQF Certificate II in Horticulture or equivalent, 3 years of relevant work experience
Technologies
Horticultural machinery, hydroponic systems, irrigation equipment
Responsibilities
Prepare growing media, trays, pots, and containers; Undertake propagation, planting, and pruning; Apply pesticides and weedicides; Manage irrigation, fertigation, and fumigation; Maintain soil, plant, and yield records; Operate machinery for land clearing, sowing, harvesting, and packing; Handle transport and logistics for stock delivery
