Garden and horticultural labourers perform simple and routine tasks in operations to cultivate and maintain trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants in parks and private gardens, to produce saplings, bulbs and seeds, or grow vegetables and flowers by intensive cultivation techniques.
Skill level:
Unskilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Garden and horticultural labourers - from R7 612 to R16 572 per month - 2025.
- A Garden and horticultural labourers typically earns between R7 612 and R14 026 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R7 567 and R14 176 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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Duties and tasks
- Loading, unloading and moving supplies, produce and equipment
- Preparing garden sites and plots using hand tools and simple machines
- Assisting with planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns
- Maintaining gardens by watering, weeding and mowing lawns
- Cleaning gardens and removing rubbish
- Assisting with propagating, planting and potting seeds, bulbs and cuttings
- Tending plants by hand watering and weeding
- Harvesting and packaging plants for sale and transport
- Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences
