Gardener Modern Apprentice

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Job Overview

Job purpose

APPRENTICE GARDENER

Location : Sites across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Alloa and the surrounding areas

Contract Type : 24 Months Apprenticeship

Salary : £23,582 per annum

Hours : Full Time, 37 hours per week with time off to attend college

About The CWGC

The CWGC is a highly respected, prestigious, global Organisation that honours and cares for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, ensuring their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Funded by six Commonwealth Member Governments, we build and maintain memorials and cemeteries at 23,000 locations, in 150 countries, including some of the world’s most iconic, landmark monuments. Today, over a century after we first began, our work continues through our staff, supporters and volunteers who preserve our unique cultural, horticultural and architectural heritage and ensure that the stories of those who died are told. We offer a unique and rewarding working environment.

About This Role And You

The Apprentice Gardener will assist in the care, maintenance and development of turf and horticultural features within cemeteries and memorial, under guidance from the Head Gardener.

Duties include turf culture, pruning, soil management, planting, pest control, machinery operation and maintenance, tree care, and the care of ornamental features. You will be travelling around different sites with a core team, who will mentor you on the practical elements of horticulture.

You will be able to demonstrate

• Undertakes practical horticultural maintenance, renovation work and caretaking duties. This includes turf care, edging, hedge cutting, weeding, pruning
• Responsible for the safe operation, care, day to day maintenance of work equipment to a manufacturers guidance and reporting any issues to their Line Manager
• Familiar with and competent in undertaking several routine administrative duties, including the use of IT and smart phones
• Actively engages and work with other teams in the Region to deliver consistent standards across UKNA
• Acts as a representation of the Commission at all times, including at CWGC held events at the cemetery
• Providing advice and other information to Cemetery Visitors / members of the public, helping them locate war graves
• Undertakes any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the role
• Contributes to UKNA projects, tasks and working groups, as required
• Required to complete all training of the Level 5 and Level 6 Horticulture Apprenticeship

Everyone who works for us, or with us, shares our Values, which are formed around our concept of CARE (Commitment, Ambition, Respect and Excellence). We are proud and committed to ensuring we bring this to life every day, for ourselves, each other and those who lost their lives.

Requirements and prospects for the Modern Apprenticeship

A satisfactory standard of literacy and numeracy is required

Future prospects

Upon successful completion of the Apprenticeship, the candidate is welcome to apply to open vacancies within the Organisation.

Things to consider

Travel across the Central Belt in Scotland

A full driving licence required

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