Horticulture Crop Technician Apprentice

BINSTED NURSERY LIMITED

BOGNOR REGIS (PO22 0AL)

Closes on Monday 30 June 2025

Posted on 24 April 2025

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Summary

As a Crop Technician Apprentice, you will learn all aspects of production from propagation to despatch. This will include growing a successful crop, including general care, watering, feeding, crop monitoring and adjusting the growing environment.

Wage

£15,311.40 to £24,761.88, depending on your age

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Annual salary review every January

Training course
Crop technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday- Thursday 8:00- 4:45pm Friday 8:00- 3:45pm Overtime as needed during the week and some weekends during peak despatch times in the spring. Weekend Watering Duties on a rota basis

39 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

General nursery tasks, which may include all or some of the following:

  • Despatch work: selecting, traying up, collecting, preparing plants for despatch, labelling, packing, and cling wrapping, assembly of Danish trolleys
  • Potting: machine potting, planting, setting plants down, supplying
    machine with pots and plants. Hand potting of young plants or final pots
  • Plant care: trimming, weeding, caning, and tying, watering using hose and lance
  • Propagation: filling trays, collecting, preparing, and sticking in the
    cuttings
  • Mini-tractor driving: including transportation of plants and Danish
    trolleys
  • Nursery hygiene: including disposal of dead or diseased plants and cleaning of growing areas
  • Maintenance: assisting with work on nursery structures, roads and
    facilities
  • Any other duties as requested by your Team Leader, Supervisor or
    Manager
  • Ensuring that Health and Safety procedures are adhered to
    throughout and Risk Assessments followed

You will undertake training on crop protection allowing you to recognise and manage common pest and diseases through the application of biological controls and chemical crop spraying.

Where you’ll work

LAKE LANE
BARNHAM
BOGNOR REGIS
PO22 0AL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE

Your training course

Crop technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Your training plan

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE

Your training course

Crop technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

More training information

Your training plan

Level 2 Awards in:  Safe Use of Pesticides

On completion of the pesticides foundation unit above also choose
one of the following units:

  • Boom sprayer, mounted, trailed or self-propelled equipment
  • Granular applicator equipment
  • Handheld applicator equipment
  • Level 3 award in Emergency First Aid at Work

Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths (GCSE grade 4 or C or
above) will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end point
assessment. Those aged 19+ at the start of their apprenticeship and without Level 2 English and maths (GCSE grade 4 or C or above) will have the option as to whether they would like to achieve this.

Training at Pershore College.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • Maths and English (grade 4 (C) or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

Role involves working outside or under protected greenhouse structures where temperatures fluctuate with ambient weather conditions through the year. Need to be reasonably fit as role involves pulling hose reels and walking around large sites. All crops are grown on the floor, regular bending to undertake essential tasks.

About this company

Binsted Nursery is part of the Tristram Plants and Farplants group. A market leading customer focussed group producing and supplying high quality container grown from perennials and herbs to succulents and bulbs to the wholesale market. Binsted Nursery was founded in 1978, based in West Sussex with two production sites.

https://www.tristramplants.co.uk/binsteds-story/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Crop Protection
  • Production Team Leader / Supervisor
  • Crop Grower

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BINSTED NURSERY LIMITED

WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE SARAH ASHMORE

sashmore@warwickshire.ac.uk

07740419319

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000151280.

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Closes on Monday 30 June 2025

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