Elements and Performance Criteria
- Monitor and maintain the nursery environment
- Environmental parameters are monitored against the needs of the plants and enterprise guidelines.
- Environmental parameters are altered, as required, to meet the needs of nursery plants and market requirements.
- Irrigation system components are serviced for basic operational use and basic user serviceable parts are repaired or replaced.
- Determine daily water requirements
- Promote plant growth by intervention
- Potting media is tested in production areas to ensure quality specifications are met.
- Health of the plant is monitored according to enterprise guidelines.
- Plant interventions are undertaken according to marketing plans, appropriate stage of plant growth for the particular intervention, and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements.
- Waste is disposed of with full consideration of the environmental implications.
- Records are kept on all maintenance activities according to enterprise requirements.