ISCO 08 Code 6113      Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers

Lead Statement
Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers plan organize and perform operations to cultivate and maintain trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants in parks and private gardens, and to produce saplings, bulbs and seeds, or grow vegetables and flowers by intensive cultivation techniques, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.

Tasks statement
Tasks include:

• monitoring market activity and conditions determining kinds and amounts of vegetables, horticultural and nursery products to be grown and planning and coordinating production accordingly;
• preparing land by conditioning soil, levelling ground and installing and operating irrigation and drainage systems;
• planting trees, hedges, garden plants, grass;
• pruning and trim trees, shrubs and hedges, installing plant supports and protection, and rolling, mowing aerating and edging lawns;
• constructing features and facilities within gardens, such as paths or paved areas, walls, rockeries, garden beds ponds and water features, sheds and fences;
• checking the health of plants and trees, identifying and treating weeds, pests and diseases, and apply mulch and fertilizers;
• producing saplings, bulbs and seeds and raising plants from seeds or cuttings;
• harvesting crops inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading products for sale or delivery to market;
• maintaining buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems;
• storing and carrying out some processing of produce;
• promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of activities and transactions;
• training and supervising workers in production, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors.

Included occupations
Examples of the occupations classified here:

• Horticulturist
• Landscape gardener
• Market gardener
• Mushroom cultivator

Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:

• Garden labourer - 9214
• Horticultural labourer - 9214

Notes
(NCvB; April 2010)