Creative Earth Landscaping

Creative Earth Landscaping 

Creative Earth Landscaping is a landscaping and construction business. In this business you would be needed to provide skills and knowledge in areas including building concrete, brick, block, stone structures and features, installing drainage systems, implementing paving and retaining wall projects, offering information on plants and their culture, and constructing soil profiles. This business has been around for about 10 years and it's located in Maribyrnong and the work is based in Maribyrnong too. The business is open 6 days a week Monday-Saturday closed on Sunday and opens from 7am- 7pm.

Creative Earth Landscaping OHS

Creative Earth Landscaping follows the guidelines set by Worksafe and the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act), which is the primary workplace health and safety law in Victoria. It sets out principles, duties and rights about OHS.

OHS Responsibilities

Employees 

Ensure safe and healthy working conditions.                                               

Provide and maintain suitable equipment.                                                                                                      

Establish safe and healthy work practices.                                                                                                                       

  Ensure all employees are properly instructed and supervised.                                                                        

 Observe health and safety practices and procedures.                                                                                         

Maintain safe conduct in the performance of their work.                                                                                       

  Wear protective clothing and equipment as required.                                                                                               

Report any health and safety problems

Owner 

Provide employees with necessary training, supervision and information for them to do their work without risks to their health                                                                                                                                                    

Keep the workplace in safe working condition

Provide suitable facilities for the welfare of employees

Ensure that equipment is checked before they are used by the employees

Eliminate risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable

Reduce risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable, if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risks

Manager:

Make sure the work site is safe to work

Oversees staff are informed of safe practices.

 Provides training

Ensures the correct storage of PPE.

Make sure to report OHS incidents are reported to Worksafe

Personnel Information

Job Title: Owner

Qualifications: 

White Card

Certificate II 

Certificate III in horticulture

First aid – Level 2

Registered Business certificate

Pay per week: 1430 per week

Job Longevity 

There were 32,000 Garden and Nursery Labourers in 2020. The number of workers 

• Fell over the past 5 years 

• Is expected to grow over the next 5 years 

• It’s likely to reach 33,400 by 2025  

Duties

• obtaining advice from clients and management to determine type, style and size of planned buildings and alterations to existing buildings

• providing information regarding designs, materials and estimated building times

• preparing project documentation, including sketches and scale drawings, and integrating structural, mechanical and aesthetic elements in final designs

• writing specifications and contract documents for use by builders and calling tenders on behalf of clients

• consulting with Professionals and clients about external area designs, costs and construction

• compiling and analysing site and community data about geographical and ecological features, landforms, soils, vegetation, site hydrology, visual characteristics and human-made structures, to formulate land use and development recommendations, and for preparing environmental impact statements

• preparing reports, site plans, working drawings, specifications and cost estimates for land development, showing location and details of proposals, including ground modelling, structures, vegetation and access

• inspecting construction work in progress to ensure compliance with plans, specifications and quality standards

Entitlements

Long Service- Full-time employees are entitled to long service leave after 10 years of working for the same company.

Superannuation- Employers must pay 10% of their employee's weekly wage to their full-time staff. 

Breaks- Usual working day of 8 am to 4 pm. Employees are entitled to two- 10 minutes paid breaks and one 45-minute break. 

Rostered Day Off- Employees are entitled to one rostered day off a fortnight if they have worked beyond 5 hours of overtime. 

Skills/knowledge and attributes

Production and processing- Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

Administration and management- Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

Food production- Planting, growing, and harvesting food (both plant and animal), including storage and handling.

Biology- Plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, how they rely on and work with each other and the environment.

Education and Training- Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Entitlements 

Long Service- Full-time employees are entitled to long service leave after 10 years of working for the same company.

Superannuation- Employers must pay 10% of their employee's weekly wage to their full-time staff. 

Breaks- Usual working day of 8 am to 4 pm. Employees are entitled to two- 10 minutes paid breaks and one 30-minute break. 

Rostered Day Off- Employees are entitled to one rostered day off a fortnight if they have worked beyond 5 hours of overtime. 

Qualifications 

Manager

• White Card

• Formal qualification in building or construction management 

• have 5 years of relevant trade experience to work as a Construction Project Manager

• Vocational Education and Training (VET) and university are both common study pathways.

Pay

Landscaper manager makes 3,000 per week

Job Longevity 

The number of landscapers grew strongly over 5 years from 18,100 in 2011 to 20,000 in 2016 

Manager duties 

• interpreting architectural drawings and specifications

• coordinating labour resources, and procurement and delivery of materials, plant and equipment

• consulting with Architects, Engineering Professionals and other professionals, and Technical and Trades Workers

• negotiating with building owners, property developers and subcontractors involved in the construction process to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget

• preparing tenders and contract bids

• operating and implementing coordinated work programs for sites

Skills/Knowledge and Attributes:

• Building and Construction

• Technical Design

• Customer and personal service

• Coordination with others

• Active listening 

• Critical thinking

• Oral expression

• Deductive Reasoning

• Negotiating and resolving conflicts

• Coordinating the work of a team

• Planning or prioritising work

• Scheduling work and activities 

Entitlements 

Long service:

Construction managers are entitled to long service leave after 10 years of working for the same company.

Superannuation:

Under the superannuation guarantee, employers have to pay superannuation contributions of 10% of an employee's ordinary time earnings when an employee is paid $450 or more before tax in a month and is over 18 years, or under 18 years and works over 30 hours a week.

Breaks: 

They get a rest break which is a 10-minute paid break that counts as time worked. They also get a meal break if they work 5 hours which is a 30-minute unpaid break that doesn’t count as time worked, except for shift workers. Meal breaks for shift workers are paid and count as time worked.

Rostered day off: 

Employees are entitled to one rostered day off a fortnight if they have worked beyond 5 hours of overtime.

Job Title: Apprentice

Qualifications:

• Certificate II 

• White card

• Certificate III

Duties:

Listen to supervisor

Make sure workplace is kept clean

Do work you get told to do

Communicate with work mates

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes:

• Enjoy practical and manual activities

• Able to follow written instructions

• Able to work to a high level of accuracy

• Able to make mathematical calculations

• Good communication skills

• Good hand-eye coordination

• Able to work independently or as part of a team

Free from allergies to dust

Entitlements

Long service:

Full-time employees are entitled to long service leave after 10 years of working for the same company.

Superannuation: 

superannuation needs to be paid during periods of leave while on workers compensation if the employee: can't work because of a work-related injury or illness. is getting paid workers compensation payments or regular payments from their employer. is still employed by their employer. For each workers compensation claim, superannuation must be paid for no more than 52 weeks. The weeks don't have to be consecutive.

Breaks: 

They get a rest break which is a 10-minute paid break that counts as time worked. They also get a meal break if they work 5 hours which is a 30-minute unpaid break that doesn’t count as time worked, except for shift workers. Meal breaks for shift workers are paid and count as time worked.

Awards:

Creative Earth Landscaping falls under the building and construction on site AWARD MA000020 and the 

Pay:

The pay for a full-time worker in this job would be $26.36 per hour and for a week it would be $986.98 depending on hours worked. 

Penalty Rates

Full time worker

• Overtime Monday to Friday – first 2 hours - $36.84 per hour 

• overtime – Monday to Friday – after 2 hours - $49.12 per hour,

• Overtime – Saturday – before 12 noon – first 2 hours - $36.84 per hour

• overtime – Saturday – before 12 noon – after 2 hours – and all work after 12 noon - $49.12 per hour

• Overtime – Sunday - $49.12 per hour

• Public Holiday - $61.40 per hour with a minimum payment of 4 hours

• Minimum break after working overtime - $49.12 per hour until a break of 10 hours in a row is given

• Working through a meal break - $49.12 per hour for all work done during a meal break and thereafter until a meal break is taken

• Working on a RDO – the appropriate Saturday overtime rates

• Minimum break after working overtime - $49.12 per hour until a break of 8 hours is given