We are a private country estate with a team of four maintaining the gardens and estate.
This is an opportunity for someone who loves the outdoors and has a passion for gardening. Working within a small team to a very high standard will give the correct individual the prospect to create a career for themselves within the horticultural sector.
Main activities of the job:
- Lawn maintenance
- Tree and shrub care
- Large Herbaceous borders
- Fruit and veg production
- Pest and disease management
- Glasshouse crop production
- Basic hard landscaping tasks
- Wildflower meadow maintenance
- Woodland maintenance
- Basic tool maintenance
Training
- Reaseheath Training will be the apprenticeship provider for this Level 2 apprenticeship.
- The employer will give guidance and support throughout
- Off-the-job training must make up at least 20% of the apprentice’s contracted hours, over the total duration of the apprentice’s planned training period
- This Standard apprenticeship may include Functional Skills in maths, English & ICT
Potential to acquire a full time position in the gardens team.
We are looking for:
- Enthusiastic
- Hard working
- Good team player
- Physically able to carry out wide range of task
- Honest
- Discreet
- Friendly
- Within a fairly close travelling distance of the estate
GCSES English and Maths or equivalent are desirable however not essential as Functional Skills are offered as part of the Apprenticeship Framework.