L3 Horticulture Supervisor Apprentice

Summary

Do you have at least six months’ work experience in horticulture, but want to learn more, develop team leader supervisor skills and achieve a qualification? Our Level 3 apprenticeship at RHS Garden Bridgewater is the perfect way to advance your career in horticulture.

Annual wage

£22,308 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

All RHS apprentices are paid the same wage regardless of age.

Training course

Horticulture or Landscaping Supervisor (level 3)

Hours

Mainly Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 15:30, with occasional weekend working (5 in 7 rota) so time taken off in lieu during the working week when this occurs.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Friday 1 August

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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

Carry out practical work, in all weathers and across the seasons
Be based with our Woodland team. Working across a range of garden types (formal and informal ornamental, turf and meadows)
Learn how to use appropriate techniques, tools and machinery, to cultivate, establish and care for our plant collections all year round
Work safely and garden sustainably
Gain horticultural team leader supervisory skills

Where you’ll work

RHS Garden Bridgewater

Leigh Road

Worsley

Manchester

M28 2LJ

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

WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE

Your training course

Horticulture or Landscaping Supervisor (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Plan and implement horticultural activities using techniques to protect and enhance the environment, biodiversity or heritage.
Plan and implement environmental mitigation measures for horticultural tasks, including protecting sites (for example aquatic environments, soils, plants, structures) from horticultural works, waste management planning, hazardous waste and pollution controls.
Plan the care of plants in different environments, including suitability for the site and providing irrigation and nutrition.
Identify biosecurity threats for a horticultural site (including main pests or diseases and their identification features) and implement and communicate phytosanitary and biosecurity procedures for the site in line with legal requirements.
Apply scientific plant naming conventions (including genus and species) to identify plants via physical inspection and without assistive resources.
Plan and implement planting activities in context of the stock type/ species and planting environment.
Assess hard structure or surface, evaluate hazards, damage and faults and rectify, report or maintain as required.
Assess soil type and quality (imported or natural), identify soil condition and recommend management regimes as required and appropriate to the site, including the prevention of damage from traffic and works.
Identify basic health threats and hazards for established trees.
Plan, quantify materials and implement turf or species-rich meadow surface installation.
Plan and supervise vegetation control (including formative, regenerative and maintenance pruning), selecting methods and equipment.
Implement project management skills, including project processes, planning and specifications.
Use digital tools to solve problems, plan, collaborate, communicate and keep records.
Develop a work plan to a specification.
Communicate using verbal and written communication skills.
Establish safe systems of work and comply with health, safety and welfare legislation, including basic risk assessment.
Supervise others (staff or volunteers ), including motivation, work prioritisation, quality, problem-solving, capability for task, establishing a safety culture and resource deployment.
Manage use of tools and machinery on site (including safety and record keeping) and carry out selection appraisals.
Use and maintain irrigation system (hose and lance, drip, sprinkler or rotary system) to ensure accurate and timely water application.
Plan a programme of plant pest and disease controls in line with Integrated Pest Management principles. Spraying of pesticides and or fertilisers or non-chemical alternatives.
Select propagation methods and plan and implement propagating plants by seed and vegetative methods in an indoor or outdoor context.
Assess a horticultural area, develop an annual maintenance programme and undertake maintenance activities.
Assess turf or species-rich meadow quality and plan and implement the maintenance, repair and renovation of ornamental turf areas.
Prune or train a climber, shrub and tree using specialist pruning and or training techniques to maintain plant health and achieve design or functional objectives.
Select work method and plan and undertake the application of a range of landscape construction materials to a specification, including brick laying, paving, timber features; construct horizontal and vertical features.
Install a service into a landscape, for example lighting conduits, irrigation or draining.
Measure and set out a site with several features and levels from a construction drawing.
Plan and implement landscaping activities for a non-complex landscape construction project, including interpreting job specification and construction drawings, estimating materials required, planning resource allocation (human and physical), work quality and health and safety considerations.
Survey site for landscape construction, including presence of services, drainage, plantings, features, protected areas and hazards.
Plan and implement horticultural activities using techniques to protect and enhance the environment, biodiversity or heritage.
Plan and implement environmental mitigation measures for horticultural tasks, including protecting sites (for example aquatic environments, soils, plants, structures) from horticultural works, waste management planning, hazardous waste and pollution controls.
Plan the care of plants in different environments, including suitability for the site and providing irrigation and nutrition.
Identify biosecurity threats for a horticultural site (including main pests or diseases and their identification features) and implement and communicate phytosanitary and biosecurity procedures for the site in line with legal requirements.
Apply scientific plant naming conventions (including genus and species) to identify plants via physical inspection and without assistive resources.
Plan and implement planting activities in context of the stock type/ species and planting environment.
Assess hard structure or surface, evaluate hazards, damage and faults and rectify, report or maintain as required.
Assess soil type and quality (imported or natural), identify soil condition and recommend management regimes as required and appropriate to the site, including the prevention of damage from traffic and works.
Identify basic health threats and hazards for established trees.
Plan, quantify materials and implement turf or species-rich meadow surface installation.
Plan and supervise vegetation control (including formative, regenerative and maintenance pruning), selecting methods and equipment.
Implement project management skills, including project processes, planning and specifications.
Use digital tools to solve problems, plan, collaborate, communicate and keep records.
Develop a work plan to a specification.
Communicate using verbal and written communication skills.
Establish safe systems of work and comply with health, safety and welfare legislation, including basic risk assessment.
Supervise others (staff or volunteers ), including motivation, work prioritisation, quality, problem-solving, capability for task, establishing a safety culture and resource deployment.
Manage use of tools and machinery on site (including safety and record keeping) and carry out selection appraisals.

Your training plan

Horticulture or Landscaping Supervisor Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

Training takes at Pershore College, Worcestershire, so the applicant must be prepared to travel away from home
The Level 3 delivery involves 1 full weeks enrolment at college (March) and then a minimum of 10 monthly residential blocks (usually a Tuesday and Wednesday), completing studies in March of their 2nd year ready to complete the final end point assessment before the end of July
Their final year will be spent applying the experiences and knowledge in the garden

More training information

Pershore College is a rural, land-based college in the heart of the countryside
All transport, food and accommodation costs are covered by the RHS

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 9-4)
English (grade 9-4)

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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Physical fitness

Other requirements

Applicants will need to be aware that horticulture is a physical profession and work takes place outdoors in all weathers. College training take place in Worcestershire so applicants must be prepared to travel and spend residential blocks away from home.

About this company

As a charity, we want to inspire a passion for gardening and growing plants, promote the value of gardens, demonstrate how gardening is good for us and explain the vital role that plants play. The RHS is committed to be an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds to stay inclusive and avoid indirect discrimination.

https://www.rhs.org.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Free tickets to our amazing flower shows: RHS Chelsea, RHS Hampton Court Palace and RHS Tatton Park for friends and family. Employee discounts in gift shops, garden centres and online

After this apprenticeship

Full-time employment in the horticultural industry
Further studies or professional training in horticulture
Wider industry experience or travel with bursaries

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

School of Horticulture (work based training)

schoolofhorticulture@rhs.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296052.

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Closes on Saturday 1 March

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Company’s application instructions

Apply using the link above. More information can be found at https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/qualifications-and-training/work-based-training/rhs-apprenticeships

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