Trainee Wool Grader

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British Wool is a farmer run organisation which was established in 1950 to operate a central marketing system for fleece wool.

We collect the most complex wool clip in the world from over 35,000 farms throughout the UK and prepare it for sale at electronic auction.

British Wool have eight grading depots throughout the UK who have uniquely skilled grading teams to process each and every fleece by hand and eye sorting it into more than 120 different grades of wool that will be scientifically core-tested at its internationally recognised laboratory in Wales.

Offering 24 million kilos of wool at its 18 electronic auctions throughout the year, the business provides a supply on demand global availability to merchants.

Our depot located in Ashford is now holding interviews looking to recruit a Trainee Grader/Warehouse Operative to join their Grading team, the successful applicant will be of a high calibre to take up this significant role within our organisation.

All Trainee Graders are offered hands on support by the, Grading Team, Head Grader and Depot Manager on site.

Working Hours:
Your normal default hours of work are

39 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 16.30pm, Friday 8.00am to 15.30pm.

In addition to the default hours, two shift patterns are in operation during the year, both operate for a period of 13 weeks:

Shift 1, 44 hours:
Monday to Thursday 7.00am to 16.30pm, Friday 7.00am to 15.30pm.

Shift 2, 34 hours:
Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 15.30pm, Friday 8.00am to 14.30pm.

Benefits:

The role offers an attractive range of benefits, annual salary will increase as you progress through the training assessments.

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