The nursery industry consists of two sectors: production nursery and retail nursery.
Production Nursery work involves:
- Propagation, production and maintenance of plants for sale to retail nurseries, supermarkets, garden centres, hardware stores, landscapers, farmers, forestry, urban forestry and revegetation projects
- Marketing and promotion of plant products and services
Retail Nursery work involves:
- Maintenance of plants for sale and/or hire
- Retailing of plants and associated products
- Provision of advice on plant selection and garden design
- Marketing and promotion of plant products and services
Useful Links
Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria
Qualifications and occupations
Pre-vocational outcome leading to generalist horticulture work.
AHC10316 Fact Sheet
Retail Nursery Assistant, Retail Sales Assistant
AHC20816 Fact Sheet
General Horticulturalist, Production Nursery Tradesperson, Horticultural Marketing and/or Salesperson.
AHC31116 Fact Sheet
Retail Nursery Assistant or Sales Assistant.
AHC31216
Fact Sheet