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Badminton, Gloucestershire
Gardener Groundsworker
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Salary: £9.00 per hour |
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Overview
Our client is seeking a Groundsworker on an initial 3 Month contract with the possibility of an extension. Working Hours and Pay Rate: Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 16:15. At a pay rate of £9.00 Per Hour Job Purpose: The postholder will be responsible for the maintaining the council's horticultural and outdoor land based assets in a safe manner and as directed. The works are physical but varied and include all aspects of grounds maintenance within the parks, public spaces, cemeteries, highways, conservations areas, other green environments. Main Duties and Responsibilities: The postholder will be required to undertake grass cutting duties using hand and ride on mowers, strimmers and other equipment, ensuring parks, verges, open spaces and other sites are left clean, tidy and maintained according to any specification in place for the particular task. To carry out general garden maintenance duties and horticultural operations, assisting in minor landscaping works such as the planting of bedding, shrubs and trees. The postholder will be required to undertake other general maintenance work including cleaning hard surfaces, trimming and reducing hedges, cutting quality and amenity grass, maintaining beds and borders and assisting in the control of weed growth by the application of herbicides. The postholder will carry out routine winter maintenance operations including heavy cut backs in public parks, open spaces, roadside verges and woodland areas using a variety of powered hand tools and mobile plant. The postholder will assist in setting out and marking sports areas undertaking groundsman duties required in the maintenance of sports pitches. The postholder will require full UK/EU driving licence as the postholder will be required to drive vehicles and vans up to 3500kg in the execution of the above duties. Skills and Experience: You will hold a level 2 NVQ/diploma in a land based subject or be able to demonstrate experience in similar practice role with transferable skills. You will be able to demonstrate the practical skills needed to operate powered hand tools safely. You will require a full driving licence to at least category B for manual transmission vehicles you will need to be competent to drive vehicles up to maximum 3500kg MAM. Hold a Category BE, C1 or C1 E driving licence with experience of towing trailers up to the maximum permitted by any licence restriction. Hold a current Certificate of professional Competence (CPC) Competence in the use of pesticides & herbicides and holding PA1/6 in the safe use of pesticides. Able to safely operate strimmers, mowers Experienced rise on mower operators 121 Jobs is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.