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Job Description

Job Title: Horticultural Assistant

Responsible to: Horticulturist / Garden Manager

Working Hours: 07.00 am to 03.00 pm

Location: Botanical Garden

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Collect and prepare cuts using the correct techniques.
• Preparation of cuttings before sowing.
• Transplanting using the correct techniques.
• Potting up of the seedlings/cuttings.
• Apply the correct measure of hormones to induce.
• Potting up of plants in the nursery.
• Carry out normal nursery maintenance.
• Ensuring proper sanitation and maintenance of horticultural tools, machinery, and technical equipment (disinfection)
• Transportation of plants to the propagation unit.
• Watering plants in the nursery using the proper techniques.
• Weeding control.
• Pressure washes all hard surfaces, cleaning.
• Clean Litter Bins
• Maintenance of Garden benches. Preparation of Soil Media
• Propagation techniques
• Collection of Materials (seeds and cuttings)
• Collection of Data

Job Requirements

Requirements

• Certificate in Horticulture or equivalent; or
• Secondary level of education plus two years of related work experience.
• Physically fit and in good health conditions to conduct manual labor
• Ability to operate machinery and heavy-duty tools (preferably a male applicant)
• Proficiency in operating horticultural equipment safely
• Satisfactory experience in landscape and produce gardening is preferred

How To Apply

Interested candidates should Sign-up or login to apply now or forward your Cover Letter and CV to:

a.cedras@gov.sc / ldocteur@gov.sc / rochellelobban@gov.sc / darius.padayachy@gov.sc  

Closing date: 17th June 2025

For more details, contact us on 4225114

Note:

In order to increase your chances of a successful selection, kindly ensure that your application is complete and that all relevant information such as your qualifications have been provided with your application.   Otherwise, the Employer reserves the right not to consider your application for selection.