Gardener in the agriculture industry is a very important job role related to landscaping and gardening activity, in hindi it is commonly known as ‘Mali’. The job role involves a lot of technical knowhow. He works in familiar, unpredictable, routine, situations of clear choice.
Brief Job Description: Gardener is responsible for taking care of beautification of lawns and gardens for private Houses, Parks, and Hotels in order to attract customers.
Job Role
A Gardener is responsible for tending lawns, trees, shrubs, ground covers. He needs to be aware of the soil and nutrition requirements of plants, pests and diseases & their control and drainage. Gardeners also need to acquire skills in grafting, pruning, weeding and harvesting of flowers, fruits and vegetables. Needs to know use of basic tools and hand powered machinery such as pruners, brush cutters, lawn mowers etc
Minimum Educational Qualifications : 5th Standard Passed
Maximum Educational Qualifications : Not applicable
Minimum Job Entry Age : 17 Years
Experience : 6 months to 1 year of experience in working in garden or nursery
Personal Attributes
This job requires the individual to work independently and be comfortable in making decisions pertaining to his/her area of work. The individual should be result oriented. The individual should also be able to demonstrate skills of identifying crops, maintaining garden, use of various tools and decision making for instant problem solving.