Horticulture Apprentice

An exciting horticulture apprentice opportunity offering varied work.

Duties will include but not limited to;
- serving customers
- propagating
- maintaining plants
- turfing
- irrigation installation
- soft landscaping

**Desired Skills and Qualities**
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness

**Desired qualifications**
- GCSE’s, or equivalents in maths and English are desired but not essential.

**Future prospects**

**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**
- Need to be physically fit for working outdoors and lifting products.
- KEITS Training Services Ltd reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the listed closing date should the need arise.
- The apprentice will be working to build a portfolio of evidence and will be required to pass a knowledge test and an End Point Assessment (EPA) to complete the apprenticeship.

**Job Type**: Apprenticeship

**Salary**: From £6.50 per hour

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Watford, WD25 8BQ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person