Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for potting up operations
- Clarify work activity instructions with supervisor
- Identify any work health and safety hazards and tell supervisor
- Select and use tools and equipment for potting up
- Clean and disinfect work area
- Collect materials and check that there is sufficient quantity and quality for potting up operations
- Select and use suitable personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Prepare growing media
- Pot up propagated plants
- Prepare plants for potting
- Pot up selected propagated plants
- Grade plants during the potting process to meet quality specifications and report any abnormalities to supervisor
- Adjust media level in pots to produce a well-furnished plant
- Ensure that placement and depth of plants comply with the planting method and plan
- Add fertilisers and other products as directed
- Complete potting up operation
- Water plants in to eliminate air pockets and prevent dehydration
- Perform cleaning procedures and follow hygiene practices
- Collect waste and dispose of or recycle to minimise damage to the external environment
- Maintain records of potting up operations in the appropriate format
- Clean and store tools and equipment