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Apprentice Cemetery/Horticulture Technician
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within Sandwell Council’s crematorium / cemeteries environment in a technical post where you will undertake duties associated with grave digging, gardening and grounds maintenance and other horticultural work. Would suit someone of a sympathetic disposition who can show empathy in sensitive situations.
Job duties will include:
- Perform grave digging tasks and all relevant training
- Assist with horticultural duties, all aspects of grounds maintenance and grass cutting
- To help with general gardening duties such as maintenance of flower beds, shrub pruning, herbaceous borders and rose beds etc.
- Utilise associative plant / machinery and grass cutting machinery
- Assist with external cleaning duties - such as litter picking, sweeping, emptying of litter bins, etc.
- To help maintain the cleanliness of the crematorium, cemeteries and other open spaces
- To work flexibly and across the following: Sandwell Valley Crematorium, Rowley Regis Crematorium and Cemetery, Canalside Cemetery, Fallings Heath Cemetery, Heath Lane Cemetery, Oldbury Cemetery, Tipton Cemetery, Thimblemill Cemetery, Uplands Cemetery and Wood Green Cemetery
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Applicants must be at least 18 years old, as operating certain machinery in the crematoria requires specific licenses. A provisional driving license would be advantageous but not essential. You must be of a sympathetic disposition and empathetic to sensitive situations. Ability to work flexibly across Crematoriums in West Bromwich & Rowley Regis and Cemeteries in Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Oldbury, Tipton & Smethwick.
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Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay. This apprenticeship is a fixed term 24 month contract and at the end you will gain a Level 2 Horticulture Operative qualification. However, the skills, knowledge and experience gained in this apprenticeship will allow you to gain future opportunities in the sector.
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