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Garden Maintenance - 37767

Employer
Fresh Horticultural Careers
Location
Oxfordshire
Salary
£18,500
Closing date
13 Aug 2018

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Gardening Jobs
Sector
Groundskeeping & Maintenance

Job Details

My Client are looking for a maintenance gardener to join their Team.  You will be working on a large green areas including Estate gardens surrounding the main buildings

  • Responsabilities                                                                            
  • General ground maintenance including sweeping and litter removal, mechanical and chemical weed control, ground clearance, manual and mechanical ground cultivation, chipping, shredding, and mulching.
  • Pruning of shrubs, climbers and small trees.
  • Border maintenance – cutting back, lifting, and dividing of perennial plants. Planting new material, staking, tying-in, dead-heading and watering.
  • Turf maintenance – mowing using various types of machinery including: pedestrian, cylinder and ride-on mowers, spiking, topdressing, over-seeding, turf lifting and laying, fertilising, weedkilling, strimming, and edging.
  • Hedge maintenance – planting, pruning and cutting.
  • Driving and routine maintenance of tractors and attachments. Carrying out daily and weekly cleaning and lubrication of machinery as required.
  • Landscape work – under supervision.
  • Nursery work – under supervision.
  • Other duties as may be specified from time to time by Supervisory staff
  • Using mobile device to record hours worked at sites, full training and device will be provided

Person Specification

  • Team player
  • PA1/PA6 desirable
  • Full clean UK driving licence
  • Hort experience

Company

We possess over 20 years recruitment experience and have specialised in the Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture industries since 1999. Typically we have 150+ permanent vacancies covering all areas of the horticultural industry, from operatives to senior management.To apply for any of our vacancies please complete our simple online application form by visiting www.freshhortcareers.com.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7793 7825
Location
London
SE11 4BA
United Kingdom

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