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Gardeners are in charge of organising, managing execution and supervising gardening works in large landscaped urban spaces and forests (hydrological-forest corrections), linear infrastructure margins (road restoration and slopes in general), plant nurseries, gardening at a smaller scale (both public and private) and trees on streets.

They have to schedule and organise human and material resources for executing the jobs required to attain the objectives of the gardening, reforestation or environmental restoration projects, aiming to use native species that are adapted to the different environments and microclimates and minimising resource consumption, particularly of water, fertilisers and chemical pesticides.

In case these professionals specialise in ecological gardening, they must fulfil several basic criteria: use indigenous plants that are better adapted to the site's conditions; employ a diversity of plants and respect natural associations; cover all of the ground; do not use chemical fertilisers and let leaves that fall rot to be employed as natural fertilisers; do not use chemical weed killers or fungicides; save water through the selection of species for the space; reduce maintenance and machinery, also attained by using native plants; take advantage of solar energy, etc.

Tasks

  • Correctly interpret projects for installing gardens or recovering a degraded area, defining procedures according to established budgets.
  • Organise reforestation and garden design and restoration programmes.
  • Control and organise the execution tasks for gardening, reforestation or environmental restoration projects, defining and applying the most appropriate procedures and techniques in accordance with quality criteria and current legislation.
  • Perform the tasks required to plant trees, bushes and flowers, as well as maintenance tasks. Select ornamental indigenous plant species.
  • Perform tasks for producing plant fertiliser and apply the correct doses in nurseries and gardens. Install watering systems.
  • Organise the conservation, maintenance and restoration services for infrastructures, equipment and furniture, if necessary, associated with the landscaped or restored area.
  • Supervise nursery reproduction, propagation and plant production tasks.
  • Prepare budgets.

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Centre per al desenvolupament professional Porta22

Barcelona Treball (Porta22)
Llacuna, 156-162, 08018 Barcelona
bcn.cat/treball

900533175
Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 h

Generalitat de Catalunya
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