About TAFE SA
Awarded the Training Provider of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2024 SA Training Awards, TAFE SA ensures all South Australian students have access to quality education and skills training across a number of regional and metropolitan locations.

By working with TAFE SA, you’ll have the opportunity to advance your career in a diverse and inclusive organisation, while helping to deliver job-ready skills and meaningful outcomes for students across our state.

About the role

The Ops Officer, or Horticultural Assistant, provides operational support to lecturers, technicians and students, ensuring the smooth delivery of teaching within the Agriculture, Water, Wine and Environment Program.

Working under general direction, the Horticultural Assistant will perform a variety of tasks that include assisting with nursery and landscape construction duties. Operate a variety of horticultural equipment and machinery and identify and collect plant or plant pest specimens.

The role requires professional interactions with others, along with a friendly, cooperative and team-oriented approach to shared responsibilities.

Special Conditions
The successful applicant is required to demonstrate having a valid DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) prior to being employed. Applicants who do not hold a WWCC will need to apply at Department of Human Services (DHS).

• Some out of hours work will be required
• Some intrastate travel may be required
• May be required to work outside at times during inclement weather conditions
• Eligibility to work in Australia
  
  

Please refer to the Role Description for all Special Conditions.

Application Instructions
All applications must be submitted online.
For further information on how to apply for this position, please refer to the attached application guidelines and Role Descriptor.

Your application must address all Key Selection Criteria as listed in the Role Description Provide examples outlining your skills, experience, and knowledge of each criterion, and how you put them into practice. It is important that you identify skills you may have which are not explicitly specified in the Role Descriptor and yet, in your opinion, would enable you to perform well in the position.

Inclusion and Flexibility Statement
At TAFE SA, we ensure our workplaces are safe, inclusive, supportive and respectful. We do not accept discrimination, harassment, or violence of any kind. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ and people living with disability.

TAFE SA offers a range of work options to attract and retain great staff, including part-time. We support employees to manage their work-life balance at all stages of their lives. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Enquiries
Heather Baldock
Manager, Technical Services
Ph: +61408844135
E: [email protected]