Gardening and Landscaping Services Award
Covers gardening, lawn-mowing, garden maintenance, irrigation installation / maintenance, soft landscaping (planting, lawn-laying) and minor hard-landscaping (edging, paving). Excludes employees covered by Building and Construction (MA000020), Horticulture (MA000028), Joinery (MA000029), Local Government (MA000112), Nursery (MA000033), Pastoral (MA000035) or Plumbing (MA000036). 6 classifications, single sector, standard rate Level 4 (Tradesperson). Trades-based award with apprentices.
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
What's built
- All 6 cl. 15.1 classifications at the July 2025 figures.
- Junior rates: under-18 (70%), 18 (80%), 19 (90%), 20+ adult.
- 4-year apprentice rates anchored to Level 4: pre-2014 (47.5 / 60 / 75 / 95%) and post-2014 with Y12 split.
- Casual loading 25% (cl. 11.2(a)(ii)) with 3-hour minimum engagement.
- All-purposes definition per cl. 17.2(a) - payment included in rate of pay when calculating penalties, loadings and annual leave.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- This award sits in the gap left by several other industry awards - confirm coverage doesn't fall under MA000020 / MA000028 / MA000029 / MA000033 / MA000035 / MA000036 / MA000112 before assigning.
- Adult apprentices (21+ at commencement) per cl. 2 definition - separate from regular adult-apprentice anchoring.
- • Gardening
- • Landscaping
- • Lawn-mowing
- • Irrigation
The consolidated award text is the authoritative source. Always confirm specific obligations against the award itself - Mployr's implementation status reflects what we've seeded; it does not replace legal advice.
Want to see this award running on your data?
We can demo a pay run on the gardening & landscaping award using sample employees in a sandbox tenant - including any of the special-instruction steps above so you can see exactly what your team's day-to-day looks like.
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