Nursery Assistant/management Trainee - Kurwongbah, Australia - Narangba Nursery

Description

• North Brisbane
• Start from $25 (trial rate) up to $32 or more within 1 year pay raise guarantee
• Wholesale/retail nursery
• Tuesday-Saturday

We are a retail/wholesale plant nursery passionate about environmentally sustainable practices, permaculture, and helping to create and support healthy local ecosystems.

We grow and sell mostly rare and unusual natives, fruit trees, and bush tucker and have one of the largest ranges of these plants in QLD.

• Experience working in a nursery or garden center is ideal. Landscape industry experience is also a big plus.
• As we are expanding into the aquarium trade; any experience and interest either professional or as a hobbyist is a huge plus as well (but not necessary).
• Knowledge of natives/ exotic plants and/or fruit trees is ideal

• Customer service selling plants, filling orders, and handling of some transactions. A bit part of this job is dealing with customers so must have an outgoing positive personality.
• Potting up of plants.
• Pruning, staking, tagging, weeding plants and otherwise maintaining plants/preparing plants for point of sale and for outgoing orders.
• Cleaning, slashing & general nursery maintenance.
• Physically demanding job that requires work in all weather conditions outdoors. Being fit and healthy is a must. Must be able to work well within a team and also autonomously without supervision. you will be left to your own devices a lot and will need to be trusted to work unsupervised. There is always something to do to keep busy here.
• Potentially managing/supervising other staff down the track. for the right person, this role WILL turn into a management position.
• Updating inventory system.
• Can follow directions and has an eye for detail.

• Very exciting, fastpaced role suited for a motivated upbeat, and positive energetic person.
• For the right person, this role will turn into a management position.
• This is a fastgrowing nursery and an exciting time to join as the career will grow as we grow, and we are growing fast.
• This job will lead to a permanent position if we are happy and you are happy. There is definitely room to move upward as we grow as a business and our team expands.