Estate Worker Apprentice
SCAWBY & SOUTH FERRIBY ESTATE CO LTD
Brigg, DN20 9LX
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 15 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 September 2024
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Summary
This position is a chance to help manage a wide variety of types of land and gain a huge variety of skills. You will work across several estate departments, including farm, woods and grounds, jobs will include felling, processing, strimming, mowing, fencing and monitoring wildlife. You will work alongside experienced estate staff on a daily basis.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Countryside worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.30am - 4.30pm
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 29 October
- Duration
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1 Year 1 Month
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
This apprenticeship will equip the apprentice with the skills to work on a mixed rural enterprise:
- Particular application to forestry, farming and landscaping activities
- Limited application to sporting estates
- Gain experience in planting, maintaining, felling, processing trees, for timber, woodfuel and amenity purposes
- Strimming, vegetation management for both conservation and amenity purposes
- The job may also include some work on a predominantly arable farming enterprise, potentially including pest control, harvest work, hedges and fences
Where you’ll work
Estate Office
Scawby
Brigg
DN20 9LX
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
THE SMB GROUP
Your training course
Countryside worker (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
Countryside Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:
- On-the-job training
- Off-the-job training
- Day release training to Brooksby Campus
- Functional skills if necessary
More training information
The employer will provide training in the following areas-
- Chainsaw felling, cross cutting and maintenance
- Use of strimmer's
- Health and safety and first aid
- Use of knapsack sprayers
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Maths (grade 2)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Travel to and from SMB will be over some distance and on a weekly basis. Ideally the candidate would be located near to the job role and have the means to travel to the college.
About this company
The Scawby Estate is a traditional, yet diverse, rural business encompassing farming, forestry, heritage and let property. Its farmland includes arable land, grassland, and areas run for biodiversity, while its forestry holdings comprise both productive conifers and deciduous woodland run for public amenity and biodiversity. At the estate's centre are Scawby Hall and Gardens, a family home that is open to the public.
After this apprenticeship
- Employment on this estate in a farming and/or forestry capacity. Eventually, they could rise to be a foreman, or with additional qualifications, a farm or forestry manager
- While the company would hope to hire a candidate who could stay with it and progress, these skills would be applicable to work on a variety of rural estates.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE SMB GROUP
Apprenticeship Department
apprenticeships@smbgroup.ac.uk
01530836136
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279140.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 15 October at 11:59pm)
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