- GMFJ Reference
251293
- Wages
£9,984 p/a
- Hours
30.00 per week
- Date Posted
17/06/2024
- Start Date
15/07/2024
- Approx. Duration
24 months
- Location
Bradford
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Agriculture & Horticulture
- Opportunity Type
Intermediate Level 2
- Employer
Greenway Gardening
Description
We are looking for an apprentice gardener’s assistant to help build business and fulfil customer’s gardening needs. You will train one day a week at Shipley College in Horticulture.
Maintenance Duties will include:
- Grass cutting
- Strimming
- Hedge trimming
- Digging over
- Weeding
- Planting
- Landscaping
- Turfing.
Hard Landscaping Duties:
Fencing, painting, Decking, Paving
Gardening is a very manual job, so you should be prepared for physical labour. You should be ready to work in any weather; sunshine, rain or even snow.
You should be extremely polite and courteous to your customers, and treat their gardens with care and respect. You should have excellent communication skills and be able to talk to customers with confidence. You must be prepared for physical labour and have the initiative to get on with the job.
Starting Wage apprenticeship minimum but the employer is willing to offer a performance pay increase during the apprenticeship.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Shipley College on 01274 327390 (Ref ID: 251293)
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
A-D in English and Maths GCSEs or equivalent. Lower grades may be considered after completing a Shipley College Skills assessment.
- Horticulture or Landscape Operative Standard qualification
- Maths and English Functional skills if required
- Pesticides: Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides Guidance OR Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides
- First Aid at Work qualification
- Training by day release at Shipley College
- Team working
- Creative
- Physical fitness
The employer is looking to offer the apprentice a full time position on a successful completion of the apprenticeship with opportunities to continue developing their horticulture skills.
Please ensure you have researched the role, employer, Shipley College and are able to travel to both. All applicants will be asked to supply a current horticulture targeted CV and attend an apprenticeship guidance session at Shipley college. Applicants may be asked to sit a skills assessment to support their application.