What you will do in your working day
The successful candidate will assist in the maintenance of the gardens and grounds and conduct a range of garden and landscape tasks. You will need to be comfortable working alongside a team and be willing to take direction on tasks. As this is a family estate the candidate must understand the need for privacy and confidentiality. The candidate should demonstrate a natural personality that is polite but friendly.
* Maintenance of borders and lawns
* Weeding and deadheading
* hedge cutting and strimming
* Assisting with greenhouse management and maintenance
* Assisting in the Kitchen Garden; planting, caring and harvesting produce
* Mowing lawn care with a variety of equipment
* Using tractors and mounted equipment after relevent training
The training you will be getting
* You will be working towards a Level 2 Horticulture & Landscape Operative Qualification
* The apprenticeship will last aprroximately 24 months, where 1 day a week you will study at Hadlow College from 9am to 4pm
* For the horticulture or landscape construction operative, the qualification required is:
(Core) Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (Ofqual registered) minimum 1-day course
(Horticulture Operative) Lantra Awards Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Pesticides OR City and Guilds Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides
(Horticulture Operative) Lantra Awards Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticide Using Hand Held Equipment OR City and Guilds Level 2 Award In The Safe Application of Pesticides Using Pedestrian Hand Held Equipment
(Landscaping construction) City and Guilds NPTC Level 2 Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of Abrasive Wheel Machines or Lantra Abrasive Wheel Machines Course
Horticulture or landscape construction operative / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
* Once qualified, you have the choice to become a full time gardenener and a full-time job is available at the end of the apprenticeship