Horticulture Specialist

3 months ago


Palmerston North, New Zealand Madison Recruitment Full time

Join a team who are literally sending joy to the nation
- 7.00am
- 3.30pm Mon-Fri
- Competitive hourly rate

We are looking for an experienced, team player to join a crucial part of our operation that ensures our nationwide customers receive quality products.

**A bit about the business**:
My client is dedicated to supplying flower bulbs to the wholesale market and other groups such as Councils, Landscapers, retailers, and garden centres within New Zealand and overseas. You couldn’t find a more cheerful team to work with. This successful family business is a house-hold name in their industry, and pride themselves on the high quality of their products and the work culture they’ve created.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Be part of the planting team on the planting or potting machine
- Placing pots out in the greenhouses for final preparation before dispatch
- Correctly transplant all seedlings ad tissue culture plants from seedling trays
- Using Agri-chemicals including knapsack and Trekker sprayer
- Identify and dispatch the correct house plants according to an order
- Checking quality control during order picking

**Skills and competencies required**:

- Hold a current Growsafe Certificate
- Holda a valid NZ Forkhoist licence
- Initiative - making good decisions when faced with a challenge
- Commitment - Sticking to a task and see it through to the end
- Reliability - showing up to work on time and being there to help the team

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