About the role

We're looking for a motivated trainee to join our Natural Resource Management (NRM) team. You don't need experience. You'll work alongside experienced Leading Hands and field crews and learn on the job. Your employer will support you to complete a Certificate III in Conservation and Ecosystem Management as part of your traineeship.

Key responsibilities

- Planting indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses on revegetation and restoration sites

- Controlling weeds by hand, with hand tools and (once trained and certified) with knapsack spraying

- Maintaining waterways, wetlands and bushland reserves

- Learning to identify native plants, weeds and local wildlife

- Helping with site set-up, fencing, mulching, tree guards and general site maintenance

- Following safe work practices and helping keep your crew and site safe

- Recording simple site information and progress

About you

- A genuine passion for the environment, native plants and wildlife

- Enjoys physical, hands-on outdoor work in all weather

- Reliable and punctual, with a positive, can-do attitude

- Keen to learn and happy to take direction





- Works well in a team

- A current Victorian driver's licence

- An interest in, or study of, horticulture, conservation or environmental science is a bonus but not essential

About us

Regen Environmental Management, in partnership with Australian Ecosystems Pty Ltd, delivers maintenance works to landscaping, revegetation and waterway restoration projects across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Our crews work on creeks, wetlands, grasslands and bushland reserves. We remove weeds, plant indigenous species and look after the habitat that supports our native wildlife.

Benefits

- A paid traineeship with a nationally recognised qualification

- On-the-job training and mentoring from experienced field staff

- PPE and uniform supplied

- A real career pathway into conservation, horticulture and NRM roles, including pathways into future Leading Hand roles

- Diverse work across diverse natural sites in Melbourne and regional Victoria

- Above award rates

📌 Trainee – Natural Resource Management (Melbourne & Regional Victoria)
🏢 Regen Environmental Management
📍 Melbourne