Trainee Commercial Gardener

**Grolife Landscape Management **is Queensland’s fastest-growing landscape construction and maintenance company. Established in 2016, Grolife has grown to a workforce of over 45 staff. Grolife Specialises in premium garden and landscape maintenance for a wide range of commercial, industrial and retail centres.

**THE POSITIONS**

Grolife has been awarded new contracts which require us to expand our teams on the North Side, South Side & West Sides of Brisbane.

The Team Leader Roles will include the following
- Leading a 2 person team
- Positions available on North Side side.
- Helping build our highly regarded Grolife brand within quality work and presentation
- General Landscape garden maintenance of lawns, hedges, trees and weed control
- Basic irrigation maintenance, testing, and repairs
- Application of herbicides and pesticides
- Operation of company vehicles and equipment
- Management of yourself and others to achieve timelines and standards
- Effective communication with management and customers
- Operation of a smartphone app to produce job reports and manage tasks
- Proactively identifying, reporting and solving issues

**THE BENEFITS**
- Company work ute (including limited personal use)
- **4 DAY WORK WEEK**:

- On the job training and ability to further your education (Up to diploma in Horticulture)
- Flexible work hours, which can be moved to suit other commitments
- Early start/early finish to work in with school pickups
- Varied and rewarding role
- Supportive Management team
- Above award rates
- Financial bonus incentive schemes and employee of the month awards
- Social and team bonding events
- Ability to grow and progress through internal promotion

**THESE TEAM LEADER POSITIONS DO REQUIRE PRIOR EXPERIENCE**
- Experience working in landscape maintenance (required)
- Minimum 12 months experience in a leading hand/team leader role
- White Card (required)
- Cert in Horticulture (preferred but not required)
- Ability to set and achieve own goals and work by yourself
- Well presented
- Manual driver’s license (required)
- ACDC license (Preferred or willing to upskill)
- Current First Aid (preferred but not required)

**APPRENTICE/TRAINEE OFFSIDER POSITIONS**

The Roles will include the following
- Working as part of a 2 person team
- Positions available on South and West sides of Brisbane
- Helping build our highly regarded Grolife brand within quality work and presentation
- General Landscape garden maintenance of lawns, hedges, trees and weed control
- Basic irrigation maintenance, testing, and repairs
- Application of herbicides and pesticides
- Operation of company vehicles and equipment
- Work together to achieve timelines and standards
- Effective communication with management and team mates
- Proactively identifying, reporting and solving issues

**THE BENEFITS**
- **4 DAY WORK WEEK**:

- On the job training and ability to further your education (Up to diploma in Horticulture)
- flexible work hours, which can be moved to suit other commitments
- Early start/early finish to work in with school pickups
- Varied and rewarding role
- Supportive Management team
- Above award rates
- Financial bonus incentive schemes and employee of the month awards
- Social and team bonding events
- Ability to grow and progress through internal promotion

**THESE POSITIONS DO REQUIRE**
- A strong work ethic
- Punctuality
- Good communication skills
- White Card (preferred)
- Ability to set and achieve own goals and work by yourself
- Well presented
- Manual driver’s license (required)
- Current First Aid (preferred but not required)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Casual
Part-time hours: 40 per week

**Salary**: $28.00 - $30.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company car
- Professional development assistance

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift

Licence/Certification:

- Full Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)