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Horticultural Learnership: Grow Your Skills

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Job Description: Plant Care & Maintenance at Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo

Plant Care & Maintenance

Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo is seeking skilled individuals for plant care and maintenance roles. Key responsibilities include:

  • Soil Preparation: Identifying soil types and conditioning or preparing soils for planting.
  • Planting: Establishing ornamental and herbaceous plants from containers into open ground.
  • Pruning: Pruning and shaping ornamental shrubs, trees, and other plants.
  • Fertilisation: Applying specific fertilisers to plants, landscapes, and ornamental seedlings.
  • Watering: Applying water to landscaped areas and managing irrigation sprinklers and emitters.

Propagation & Cultivation

  • Seed & Stem Propagation: Propagating plants from seeds and stem cuttings.
  • Growth Media: Utilizing appropriate growth media for plant containers.
  • Nursery Care: Basic identification and care of ornamental seedlings.

Pest & Weed Control

  • Weed Removal: Manual and chemical removal of weeds and alien invader plants.
  • Pest Control: Applying pest control practices and mixing/applying herbicides or pesticides.

Environmental & Safety Standards

  • Health & Safety: Applying core health and safety principles within a horticultural environment.
  • Protection: Demonstrating awareness and implementation of environmental protection practices.

Technical & Physical Skills

  • Tool Handling: Safe use of horticultural machinery and equipment, such as mowers.
  • Physical Fitness: Candidates must be physically fit and healthy to handle manual labor and outdoor work.
  • Basic Literacy: Ability to communicate, read, and write effectively.
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