Grounds Apprentice

A family-owned company delivering 'green services' throughout Great Britain. Activities include grounds management, landscaping, countryside/estates management, horticulture and arboriculture.

Founded in 1989, this business has had a long and successful history in providing grounds maintenance services to local authorities and other private sector customers.

This business is proud of its reputation as a high-quality service provider and in addition to grounds maintenance, delivers a wide range of green services including countryside and estate management, landscaping, tree services and arboriculture.

Revenues of around £50 million are expected in 2023.

Public sector contracts remain the core business, whilst the corporate sector business amounts to an increasing percentage of total business and a strategic focus.

The brand is strong and the majority of the company's revenues are generated from grounds management and countryside activities that operate term contracts with public sector clients.

The current business strategy includes an objective to grow the order book to £250 million.

Committed to the environment, we are a Carbon Neutral business that seeks to improve the environment through our activities and go above and beyond to ensure that the planet is not adversely affected by our business.

From ensuring local parks and open spaces are maintained to a high standard, to tree safety through our arboricultural teams, to saving mature trees through our Civic Tree business and ensuring sustainable design through our landscape architecture practice.

We offer the full range of landscape services from one unique source of professionals.

Duties will include, but not be limited to:

• Grass cutting
• Hedge cutting
• Bedding display and maintenance
• Shrub bed maintenance
• Machinery maintenance
• Weeding
• Sports pitch marking
• Bowls and cricket pitch maintenance

Desired skills and Qualities

• A high level of initiative and forwardthinking attitude
• Flexible approach to duties
• An enthusiastic approach
• A clear identification with the requirements of customers
• Ability to learn
• Hardworking

Desired qualifications

• GCSE's, or equivalents in maths and English are desired but not essential

Future prospects

• Permanent Full-Time roles and Career Progression
• We have a number of specialist Arboriculture contracts requiring teams of Arborists, Senior Arborists and Managers.

Training:

• Full training to be provided by the employer and KEITS at the place of employment.
• The applicant will be working towards and gain 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.
• You will also need to achieve Level 3 award in Emergency First Aid at Work and Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides Guidance or Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides before undertaking the End Point Assessment.

Things to consider

• KEITS Training Services Ltd reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the listed closing date should the need arise.
• Due to the popularity of our vacancies, you may not hear if you have been unsuccessful.
• We have had a number of learners in both Horticulture and Arboriculture take the Apprentice journey with us and once qualified be appointed to Full Time permanent roles to continue their careers.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

Salary:
From £7.50 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Surrey, GU15 2SR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person

Reference ID:
horticulture east sussex

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