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Exciting New Apprenticeship Opportunity
We have an exciting new opportunity for an apprenticeship to join our team. You will develop skills to a high standard of general garden maintenance and services for our customers. Some duties will include grass cutting, hedge trimming, weeding, and flower bed maintenance. This will be your first step towards a career at Gardenia Gardens Ltd.
What You'll Do at Work
You will need to be physically fit with a can-do attitude and be honest and punctual. Also, flexible as working hours can change to cover clients' needs, including weekends.
Duties will include:
- General maintenance, e.g., grass cutting, hedge trimming, clearing leaves
- Horticulture activities, e.g., planting, pruning, and seeding
- Operate light power tools
- Undertake vehicle and cutting equipment checks
- Weeding, turning borders
- Mowing
- Stripping
- Edging lawns
Apprenticeships Include Time Away from Working for Specialist Training
You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
What You'll Learn
Course Contents
(Core) Apply health and safety processes and procedures including risk assessments and/or construction design management (CDM), manual handling, legislative requirements, and organizational policies. Follow safe systems of work and safety information in line with employer requirements or site context (for example clearing their route before transporting materials).
(Core) Apply environmental mitigation measures including storage and disposal of waste, for example sorting materials for recycling or composting, acting in compliance with legal requirements, organizational policies, and pollution controls.
(Core) Select, undertake a pre-start check, set up, clean, store, and safely operate tools, equipment, and machinery (including pedestrian controlled and handheld) in line with current legislation and business policies.
(Core) Communicate with technical (for example supervisors or managers) and non-technical audiences (for example clients or the public) using language appropriate to the audience.
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(Core) Identify plants commonly grown in the UK by scientific names including genus species and/or cultivar.
(Core) Maintain the correct phytosanitary and bio-security procedures for the site, in accordance with legal requirements.
(Core) Identify and report symptoms and/or signs of commonly found UK plant pests, pathogens, and disorders.
(Core) Maintain plant health for example providing for basic needs such as water, nutrition (either organic or inorganic), light.
(Core) Cultivate, improve, and preserve soils by mechanical methods and/or by hand including amelioration and mulching (these might be imported or natural).
(Core) Clear unwanted vegetation, selecting techniques to be used (for example weeding).
(Core) Remove unwanted or damaged growth from plants using a pruning cut.
(Core) Plant shrubs and a tree using a simple tree pit.
(Core) Install turf for situation.
(Core) Mow turf using pedestrian controlled powered driven mower.
(Core) Maintain or protect hard surfaces, features, or structures for example painting, re-gravelling, removing weeds from paving, drain clearance, cleaning.
(Core) Use digital tools and techniques for research, collaboration, continuous professional development, and resolution of problems.
(Landscape construction) Measure and set out an uncomplicated site in preparation for landscape construction activities.
(Landscape construction) Use freehand cutting and/or bench cutting of hard landscape materials using abrasive wheels.
(Landscape construction) Repair constructed landscape features (simple and non-complex) for example re-grouting, re-sanding, damaged fencing.
(Landscape construction) Construct paved feature for example path, patio, or shed base. Including setting levels, sub-bases, laying bases, finishing.
(Landscape construction) Construct vertical landscape features including fences, ornamental vertical features, and walls.
(Landscape construction) Install drainage in landscaping.
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(Landscape construction) Construct horizontal landscape features (excluding paving).
(Horticulture) Propagate plants by cuttings and seed sowing (this might be indoors or outdoors). Including selection of suitable growing media and/or soil.
(Horticulture) Provide aftercare to recently installed turf and maintain established turf or species-rich meadows including irrigation, maintenance, monitoring health, and protection from use.
(Horticulture) Identify if plants are suitable to site, purpose, and aesthetics.
(Horticulture) Maintain soft landscapes for example - staking or support, division, seasonal clearance, and re-planting.
(Horticulture) Monitor and control plant pests, pathogens, and disorders using basic control methods (including application of chemicals or organic equivalents).
(Horticulture) Plant herbaceous and seasonal planting (for example bedding, herbs, or bulbs).
(Horticulture) Prune plants to achieve healthy growth and form (including natural habit and formal or trained form).
Additional Information
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Outdoors in all kinds of weather and have a positive attitude to work.
We are a Garden Maintenance business maintaining gardens and local parish council to a very high standard. Due to demand, we are now expanding. We also maintain Commercial/Private grounds.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay. We are hoping you will join the team full time after the apprenticeship is completed.
We offer a high-quality college bus service which collects over 1,400 students every day from across Cheshire and surrounding areas. This makes getting to Reaseheath easy, safe, and affordable for all of our students.
Career Options:
- Hard landscaper
- Decorative landscaper
- Grounds maintenance operator
- Grounds commercial growers
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