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London, Greater London
Gardener
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Salary: £12.3 per hour |
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Overview
Purpose of Job: Our client are a Social Housing Provider in East London looking for 3 seasonal gardeners on an initial 6 month contract between the beginning of April and end of September. You will be required to attend various sites that are owned and managed by the client for the purpose of maintaining and monitoring communal garden spaces at these sites. Main Duties and Responsibilities: - Gardening duties including power lawn mowing, shrub trimming, bed work including edging and digging, weeding, weed control litter picking and occasional dog waste removal - Keeping car parks and bin sheds swept and tidy - Clearance of bulk waste from sites if not delegated to bulk waste team - Reporting of matters from site to management. These include Health and Safety concerns and any issues affecting the exterior maintenance of site - Maintaining the good relationship of the client with their residents and colleagues - Occasional cover for other staff members due to sickness holiday etc. This may include extra duties from time to time - Patrol duties including checking for faulty street lamps and evidence of anti-social behaviour Person Criteria: - Knowledge of gardening methods - Knowledge of gardening tool and product selection - Knowledge and experience of powered equipment including mowers, brush cutters, and hedge trimmers plus hand tools - Essential to comply to health and safety - Appropriate competency based training and experience - Knowledge and experience of correct use of PPE - Competence and knowledge of risk perception including risk to passers by during operation - Ideal candidate's will possess PA1/PA6 weed spraying certificates but this is not essential The role is paying £12.36 p/h PAYE or £15.11 p/h umbrella. If you're interested, please apply to this advert or email your up to date CV to and I'll be in touch.