ANDY PLEASANCE
Wollongbar,NSW
Summary
Experienced nursery owner and organic horticulture educator. Skilled in irrigation management, customer relationship management, and hands-on problem-solving. Ready to drive impactful nursery operations and effective training programs.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Owner manager Organic Herb and vege nursery
Self
Stanthorpe and then Kyogle
01.2004 - Current
- Built and run my own nursery setup in Stanthorpe and Kyogle now Wollongbar
- All nursery operations
Organic Horticultural Teacher
TAFE Applethorpe
Applethorpe, Qld
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Training Students to grow crops of vegetables and fruit trees in the Granite Belt without chemicals as too many cases of people dying from MS and other related diseases directly related to chemical misuse
- Every winter we ran 3 month courses at the TAFE college for interested people
Granite Belt nursery
Peter Buchanan
Stanthorpe, Qld
01.1999 - 01.2004
- Growing a huge variety of Fruit trees bare rooted coming in from Arizona and Utah Florida and Mexico
- Fieldwork with Mexican budders to graft thousands of fruit trees for the Granite Belt and surrounding areas
- Machinery maintenance, Garden Maintenance and upgrading shade house and hot house structures
- Delivery all over Australia for the bare rooted fruit trees
Golf course Irrigation Manager
Portsea Golf Course
Portsea, vic
01.1991 - 11.1997
- Managed irrigation systems to ensure optimal water distribution across the golf course.
- Hands on repairs to irrigation controllers, valves and solar systems, internet connection and wiring to all valves
- Maintenance to Golf course mowers, Grass cutting equipment, and trailers tractors .....etc
- Worked at Sorrento and Portsea golf courses
Education
High School Diploma -
St Kevins College
Toorak, VIC01-1971
Skills
Nursery operations
- Organic horticulture
- Irrigation management Micro irrigation building
- Row Crop management
- Machinery maintenance
- Customer relationship management
- Over the counter retail management
Certification
Certified green keeper
Timeline
Organic Horticultural Teacher
TAFE Applethorpe
01.2007 - 01.2012
Owner manager Organic Herb and vege nursery
Self
01.2004 - Current
Granite Belt nursery
Peter Buchanan
01.1999 - 01.2004
Golf course Irrigation Manager
Portsea Golf Course
01.1991 - 11.1997
High School Diploma -
St Kevins College