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Ornamental Horticultural or Nursery Assistant

OFO Code: 821402

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
821402
Occupation
Ornamental Horticultural or Nursery Assistant
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
Unit group
8214 · Garden and Horticultural Labourers

Official description
Garden and horticultural labourers perform simple and routine tasks in operations to cultivate and maintain trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants in parks and private gardens, to produce saplings, bulbs and seeds, or grow vegetables and flowers by intensive cultivation techniques.

More official OFO detail

Specialisations: Greenhouse Worker Nursery, Compost Maker, Nursery Production Person, Nursery Hand (Horticulture), Horticultural / Nursery Worker

  • Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings and fences
  • Assisting with propagating, planting and potting seeds, bulbs and cuttings
  • Assisting with planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns
  • Maintaining gardens by watering, weeding and mowing lawns
  • Preparing garden sites and plots using hand tools and simple machines
  • Cleaning gardens and removing rubbish
  • Harvesting and packaging plants for sale and transport
  • Tending plants by hand watering and weeding
  • Loading, unloading and moving supplies, produce and equipment

2. Demand status

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