- Planting and maintenance work: Professional planting of trees, shrubs, perennials and flowers as well as the creation of lawns. This also includes regular maintenance care such as pruning, fertilising and watering.
- Construction work: Construction of paved areas such as paths, terraces and squares through paving work. Construction of steps, walls, fences and privacy screens.
- Earthworks and technology: Carrying out earthworks, soil improvement and irrigation and drainage measures. This often includes operating construction machinery such as excavators or wheel loaders.
- Specialist areas: Designing ponds and water features as well as greening roofs and facades.
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Requirements profile

The following qualifications and characteristics are generally expected for this position:

- Qualifications: Completed vocational training as a gardener (specialising in gardening and landscaping) or comparable many years of professional experience.
- Manual skills: Confident handling of tools, building materials (stone, wood, metal) and machines.
- Knowledge of plants: Sound knowledge of site requirements, growth behaviour and care requirements of various plant species.
- Physical fitness: resilience for daily outdoor work in various weather conditions.
- Soft skills: ability to work in a team for working in crews, reliability and a friendly manner towards customers.
- Driving licence: a class B driving licence is usually required, often also BE (trailer) or C1E