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About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.

TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently, and increasing access for all.

The Role

Are you ready to use your horticulture skills to support practical, hands-on learning? Based at our Alanvale Campus in Launceston, this Technical Employee role helps keep our training spaces, equipment and resources ready for students and teachers. You’ll provide practical support, maintain safe learning areas, and help students build the skills they need for the horticulture industry.

This is a permanent part-time role, working approximately 58.8 hours per fortnight Monday to Thursday.

On any given day, you will:

• Prepare learning materials and set up equipment, displays and other teaching resources.
• Work with suppliers, prepare cost estimates and provide practical advice based on your industry experience.
• Help create and maintain digital and online learning resources.
• Order, install, maintain, and repair a wide range of equipment.
• Share your technical knowledge with staff and students.

What you bring:

• Hands-on horticulture experience and the confidence to share your skills with others.
• Strong organisation and time management skills.
• Expertise in digital learning resource development and online content.
• Experience buying supplies and keeping track of equipment and materials.
• The ability to support and supervise students in practical learning environments.
• A Certificate III or higher in Horticulture, or equivalent qualification.

A current Working with Vulnerable People registration, or the ability to obtain prior to commencement.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQ+ community.

We value diversity and inclusion, and we understand that flexibility matters. We want our workforce to reflect the community we serve and to help build a workplace culture we can all be proud of.

Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you.

Join TasTAFE

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply. To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia.

Candidate screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during selection.

Applications for this role close at 11:55pm on Wednesday 2 September 2026.

TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.

We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well-being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals.