Description Waste Services Operative (Collection) Location: Sandy Road Depot, Carluke Hours: 37.64 hours Salary: £13.48 - £13.78 per hour View the Waste Services Operative (Collection) Job Profile You will have the ability to undertake a range of skilled refuse collection and recycling duties ensuring compliance with the Environmental Protection Act, Council Policies and Health and safety Legislation. You will provide a quality front line Refuse Collection Service within the local community. Previous experience of working in refuse collection, recycling and knowledge of health and safety requirements within cleansing would be advantageous. Please Apply online All correspondence will be via your email address registered with myjobscotland. If you apply for this position please add ‘noreplymyjobscotland.gov.uk’ to your safe email list to avoid emails being filtered as spam/junk. Legislative Information This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003. This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children. Delivering a Fairer Future Under the Council’s positive action programme, applications to this post are particularly encouraged from Female applicants. Foreign Police Check Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad. Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position. South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position. As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including: Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days) Occupational sick pay Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave. Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema. Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support) Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.