Gardening Apprentice
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Company: Abbotswood Gardeners & Designers Ltd
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Location: Cambridge, CB2 3BZ
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £15,000.00 per year
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Sector: Horticulture
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Ref: VAC-12680
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Application Deadline Date: 13/08/2023
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Start Date: 04/09/2023
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday-Friday 8:00am- 4:00pm
Brief Description
Do you have a passion for gardening? Do you want to work, learn and get paid by one of the top gardening companies in Cambridge? Apply now!
Qualifications Required
To be considered for this role you will need to have GCSE grades 9-3 (A*- D) in English and maths or equivalent.
If you don't meet the entry requirements for this vacancy but are still interested in an apprenticeship, please contact our dedicated Apprenticeship Recruitment Team who can discuss this with you further - apprenticeships@bedford.ac.uk or 01234 291375
Personal Qualities
Good team player
Enthusiastic
Energetic
Willing to learn
Skills Required
Passion for being outdoors
Good communication skills
Able to do physically demanding work and work outdoors in all weathers while still being positive
Training to be Provided
Level 2 Apprenticeship in either Horticulture or Landscape Operative. Plus: Emegency First Aid at Work, Level 2 Safe use of handling and application of pesticides, Functional Skills in English & maths (if required). You will also study a range of topics to include: Health and Safety, Business Skills, Machinery, Plant and Soil Science, Plant health
Future Prospects
Potential promotion to supervisor or responsible for specific gardens.
Vacancy Detail
Abbotswood Gardeners & Designers Ltd are one of top gardening companies in Cambridge and offer a professional gardening service with dedicated horticulturists, providing high-quality horticultural care and planting design. They care for private gardens, offer garden, planting design and soft landscaping and have been maintaining gardens for some of the most beautiful Cambridge homes for almost two decades. The team are all horticulturists and pride themselves in offering a personal and professional gardening service in Cambridge and surrounding villages
The purpose of the role is to carry out the highest possible standard horticultural work in the gardens Abbotswood care for in Cambridge and the surrounding villages. Part of the role will include growing and tendering plants, caring for gardens, assisting with garden design, soft landscaping and tree, shrub and perennial planting. In addition, the apprentice will complete weeding, mowing, hedge trimming, strimming, pruning seasonal plants for health, size, shape, or colour, propagation of plants (seed sowing, cuttings, division of plants etc) and complete turfing.
Staff benefits include: additional horticultural training courses, staff celebratory meals on apprenticeship completion, Christmas meal, plant nursery visits, summer RHS flower show day Chelsea or Hampton Court. Wage will increase to £14,625- £15,990.00 per annum depending on performance.
Other Information
*Please note that the college attendance will start in September, but there may be an opportunity to start working before this time*
*Transport to the garden locations for work by own arrangement*
Current locations of work include central Cambridge, Grantchester and the Shelfords and work in other locations may be possible.
*It maybe possible to arrange lifts but this is not guaranteed so own method of transport is essential*
Candidates must attend an initial interview with a member of the Bedford College Apprenticeship Recruitment Team. Please note this is part of the recruitment process and must be completed in order for your application to be progressed to the next stage.
Only candidates who have fully completed the application will be considered. Please be aware that the closing date is subject to change without prior notice.