Garden and Nursery Labourers
On-the-job / entry-level Stable · ANZSCO skill level 5 · occupation 8414
Garden and Nursery Labourers perform a variety of routine tasks in propagating, cultivating and maintaining plants in gardens and horticultural nurseries.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 6.6% university · 34.6% vet / tafe · 53.9% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Nursing & Midwifery. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Central Queensland University
- University Charles Sturt University (CSU)
- University The University of Sydney
- University Monash University (Monash)
- University University of Wollongong (UoW)
- University Western Sydney University
- University Southern Cross University (SCU)
- University Adelaide University
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE Chisholm Institute
- TAFE TasTAFE
- TAFE Gordon Institute of TAFE
- TAFE Holmesglen Institute
- TAFE Box Hill Institute
- TAFE Canberra Institute of Technology
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
QLD 30.7% · NSW 28.4% · VIC 20.3% · WA 10.9% · SA 5.8% · TAS 1.8% · NT 1.1% · ACT 1.1%
Top industries
Administrative and Support Services · Construction · Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.