Horticulture / Garden Nursery Apprentice
C G J MATHIAS & SON
Surrey, GU10 2BH
Closes in 9 days (Saturday 31 August at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 July 2024
Contents
Summary
A Level 3 Horticulture / Garden Nursery Apprentice is required. The opportunity for an apprentice to work as part of a team on a large scale hedging plant and tree nursery with the opportunity of ongoing employment. The successful candidate will learn all about how to successfully produce and prepare for sale a variety of plants and trees. Other duties include: record keeping (maintaining irrigation records, spray records and health and safety checks).
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Crop technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Two 15 minute unpaid tea breaks per day plus a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 9 September
- Duration
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2 Years
- 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
As a large scale grower of hedging plants and ornamental trees which are shipped nationwide, we can offer an apprentice the opportunity to join a third generation family business that is rapidly expanding whilst working as part of a team of 10.
The position will offer the apprentice the opportunity to learn the whole process of growing and preparing for sale a variety of trees and plants, including both container grown and large scale field production in the soil.
The role will be varied throughout the year as the majority of our sales and harvesting take place in the cooler winter months when plants are dormant. The summer months involve a much greater focus on managing our crops throughout the growing season.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn the whole process including, but not limited to:
- Record Keeping (maintaining irrigation records, spray records and health and safety checks)
- Crop Establishment (planting of new stock in our fields, fertilising, potting and irrigating)
- Vehicle Operation (safe use of telehandler forklifts, tractors, pickup trucks and transit vans)
- Crop Management (spraying, fertilising, weeding, trimming and undercutting)
- Harvest (rootballing plants during the winter from our fields using specialist machinery, selecting potted plants that are ready for sale)
- Storage (packing plants onto pallets ready for orders, heeling in bare root trees for later sale)
- Maintenance and Preparation (general site maintenance and preparing areas ready for new crops)
The role will involve outdoor working in all weather conditions and the successful candidate will need to be physically fit.
Where you’ll work
Black Lake
Tilford
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 2BH
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
NORTH KENT COLLEGE
Your training course
Crop technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
You will be attending Hadlow College one day per month studing Level 3 Crop Technician.
You will also be studing Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work, Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticide Using Handheld Equipment and a Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
- Driving Licence (grade Pass)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
We are in a rural area 3 miles south of Farnham train station. The successful candidate will therefore need to have the ability to drive to work. There are no nearby public transport links that pass our nursery The role will involve outdoor working in all weather conditions and the successful candidate will need to be physically fit.
About this company
C.G.J.Mathias & Son (Nurseries) are a third generation family nursery business which has been established in the Surrey Hills for over 60 years as growers and suppliers of a wide range of hedging plants. Having been growing plants since 1963, our staff have a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of horticulture and are well placed to help you with deciding what would be best suited to your requirements.
After this apprenticeship
Following the apprenticeship, there may be the opportunity for an ongoing full time job.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH KENT COLLEGE
Lucy Penniall
lucypenniall@northkent.ac.uk
01322629400
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000264675.
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