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Horticulture Operative
Salary: 12.88 per hour
Shift Patterns/ Hours: Monday to Friday - 08:00 am to 16:00
Location: Gosport
Contract Length: 7 Months
Your role:
Contribute to the performance of the team; ensuring we maintain a high standard of service and support the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor and the Parks and Open Spaces Operations Manager in ensuring the Grounds Maintenance Team offers a customer focused service to help achieve continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery.
You will be responsible for:
- Grounds & Horticultural Maintenance - Carry out grass cutting, strimming, hedge trimming, seasonal flower and shrub bed maintenance, weeding, planting,
- Cemetery & Public Space Upkeep - Assist with grave digging, gardens of remembrance, hanging baskets, planters, litter picking, and tidying.
- Sports & Play Area Maintenance - Maintain sports turf (e.g., bowling greens, cricket squares, tennis courts), conduct play area inspections, and ensure ROSPA compliance.
- Chemical Spraying & Invasive Species Control - Use PA1/PA6-certified spraying methods to manage weeds and invasive plants.
- Equipment & Safety Compliance - Operate and maintain vehicles, machinery, and equipment, ensuring health & safety procedures, vehicle checks, and site inspections are followed.
- Other Duties - Support operations, including winter gritting, snow clearance, sandbag filling, and civic event preparations.
Skills/ Knowledge:
- NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture
- Experience in horticultural work, including grass cutting, strimming, hedge trimming, and using commercial mowers and blowers.
- Comfortable working outdoors
- Physically fit, reliable and punctual
- Strong understanding of health & safety, risk management, and manual handling principles
- Full clean manual driving licence
If you would like to apply, please contact Melissa Gourlin at (phone number removed)
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
