Grounds Maintenance Apprentice
(Hatfield Town Council)

Horticultural duties:

• Grass cutting (including ride-on, pedestrian powered and hand- held machines)
• Pruning, digging and preparation of ground
• Planting and maintenance of shrub and flower beds
• Hedge cutting
• Edging
• Watering

Cemetery specific duties:

• To assist with interments at Hatfield Cemetery including the digging of graves and preparing for funerals.
• To assist members of the public with day to day general enquiries

General Duties:

• Sweeping and litter picking, including collection of dog waste
• Emptying of Cemetery bins, and other site bins and dog bins
• to assist as necessary in the installation, dismantling and maintenance of sports and other equipment
• to keep tools and equipment in a clean and safe condition

Desired Skills & Qualities 

• Good communication skills – dealing with the public face to face
• Good team member
• Physically fit
• Good aptitude & work ethic
• Excellent time keeping/reliability

Desire Qualifications

• GCSE’s, or equivalents in maths and English are desired but not essential
• Driving license would be an advantage

Future Prospects

• Can lead to full time Grounds Maintenance role

Training:

• Full training to be provided by the employer and KEITS at the place of employment.
• The applicant will be working towards a Level 2 Horticulture and Landscape Operative Apprenticeship.
• The learner will be allocated an industry specific training consultant who will provide both remote and on site visits throughout the apprenticeship.
• The apprentice will work towards an End Point Assessment (EPA) at the end of their apprenticeship.
• Depending on which apprenticeship pathway your employer chooses to offer within horticulture. You may also need to achieve all or a combination of the following courses before taking your end point assessment: Level 3 award in Emergency First Aid at Work, Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides Guidance, Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides and Abrasive Wheel.
• If you would like to read more about the course content for these apprenticeships, please follow the below links:
• https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/st0225-v1-2
• https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/st0226-v1-2

Things to consider

• KEITS Training Services Ltd reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the listed closing date should the need arise.
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