General Nursery Worker (Young Plants) Apprentice
PALMSTEAD NURSERIES LTD
KENT (TN25 5EU)
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 31 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 April 2025
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Summary
Join our production team as a General Nursery Worker in our Young Plants glasshouse. In this role, you will assist with the husbandry of plugs and liners, including tasks such as weeding, trimming, moving and watering plants. You will also support propagation department by sowing seeds, taking cuttings, and dividing grasses.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Crop technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 7.30am-4pm with a 30 min unpaid lunch break
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 June 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
General nursery worker (young plants)
Working as part of the production team you will be helping to maintain our plugs and liners in our young plant’s glasshouse. You will also be working within the propagation room and the misting chambers at times supporting with our own crop production. The main area will be working in side a glasshouse for the majority of the working day.
The main duties will include.
- Working within the young plants team to help with all crop husbandry of area
o Weeding
o Trimming
o Moving
o Watering
- To help in the propagation department when required to seed sow, take cuttings and divide grasses
- Helping to prepare plants for the potting process to ensure they are to the correct standard and picked in the correct order according to the potting plan
- Adhering to all health and safety rules on site
- To work as part of a team to be productive and motivated in all aspects of workload
Key Attributes
- Good time keeping
- Conscientious
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to follow instructions
- Ability to work as a team
- Able to self-motivate when working individually
Where you’ll work
HARVILLE ROAD
WYE
ASHFORD
KENT
TN25 5EU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NORTH KENT COLLEGE
Your training course
Crop technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Your training plan
You will be attending Hadlow College one day per month to meet the requirements of the knowledge, skills and behaviours
Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid
PA1 Spraying – Safe Use of Pesticides
PA6 Spraying – Handheld applicator Spraying Equipment
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Basic understanding of plants
Other requirements
To be able to work outside in all weather conditions
About this company
Palmstead Nurseries - Over 50 years Experience in Providing Wholesale Plant Suppliers For over 50 years Palmstead Nurseries have been producing quality nursery stock to meet the needs of the Landscape and Amenity industry. Since our small beginnings in 1968; nestled deep within the North Downs, our company has grown to meet demand and is now situated on a single, highly efficient 53 hectare site in the heart of the Kent countryside. Annual production has increased to in excess of one million containers and two hundred thousand field grown trees. We now stock a huge, diverse range of products to suit any purpose and we pride ourselves in our ability to provide you with premium quality plants at affordable prices.
After this apprenticeship
For successful apprentice to continue their progress within the business. Get on Development training course to gain overall knowledge of horticultural business processes and possibly advance to Team Leader’s position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTH KENT COLLEGE
Lucy Penniall
lucypenniall@northkent.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317400.
Apply now
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 31 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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