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Maintenance & Soft Landscaping Apprentice LOCATION LANDSCAPES LTD

Apprenticeship available with soft landscaping and maintenance specialist company based in Petersfield.

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Closing date: 14 Feb 2023

Apprenticeship summary

  • Annual wage

    £11,960.00

    £230 per week

  • Working week

    40 Hours per week. Monday - Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm. Total hours per week: 40.00.

    Total hours per week: 40.0

  • Expected duration

    27 Months

  • Possible start date

    17 Apr 2023

  • Date posted

    25 Nov 2022

  • Apprenticeship level

    Intermediate
    Level 2 (GCSE)

  • Reference number

    VAC1000110759

  • Positions

    1 available

What will the apprentice be doing?

Location Landscapes are specialists in maintenance and soft landscaping for domestics gardens in Hampshire and the Home Counties.

We have a vacancy for an apprentice to learn all aspects of:

  • Planting trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants as well as keeping a domestic garden well maintained
  • As most of our work is carried out in private gardens you must be well presented, polite and conscientious
  • Good communication skills and a keen interest in the horticulture industry is essential

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

  • Horticulture and Landscape Operative Level 2
  • Emergency First Aid
  • PA1 PA6

Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths must achieve Level 1 and take the test for Level 2 before taking the end-point assessment.

Apprentices will need to achieve the EPA's to achieve their apprenticeship:

  • On-line knowledge assessment - a 60-minute online test containing 40 multiple choice questions
  • Practical assessment EPA - a range of 3 practical activities taking no more than six hours undertaken in controlled conditions with responses to verbal questioning from the Independent End Point Assessor. The apprentice will undertake two tasks from the core tasks and one task from the optional route - Horticulture or Landscaping
  • Professional Discussion EPA - An hour-long professional discussion under controlled conditions between the EPA and the apprentice to allow the apprentice to demonstrate their knowledge

You will be required to attend Sparsholt College on a day release basis to learn about horticulture, to include:

  • Health and Safety
  • Use and maintain non-powered and handheld powered equipment
  • Use and maintain pedestrian controlled equipment
  • Environment protection
  • Plant identification and nomenclature - Latin and common
  • Vegetation control
  • Soil science and cultivation
  • Plant establish and maintenance
  • Plant grown
  • Plant health
  • Establish and maintain amenity areas
  • Survey and mark out sites for landscaping features
  • Construct hard landscape features
  • Maintain hard landscape features

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

We are looking to invest in the right person and hope this opportunity will be a long term partnership with Location Landscapes. We are a young growing company therefore there are prospects to move up the career ladder.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Communication skills, Attention to detail, Customer care skills, Problem solving skills, Logical, Team working

Qualifications

GCSE or equivalent Maths and English (Grade 4) Essential

Things to consider

You will be working out of doors all through the year and in all weathers.

About the employer

Garden Landscape Company

Employer

LOCATION LANDSCAPES LTD

Address

THE OLD COW SHED

LOWER COWGROVE

HEATH FARM

GU31 4HT

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Training

Training provider

SPARSHOLT COLLEGE

Contact

Karen Jackson

karen.jackson@sparsholtservices.ac.uk

01962 797452

Apprenticeship standard

Horticulture or landscape construction operative

Level 2 (GCSE)

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