Gardener/Driver

Sure Start Staff are seeking x4 Gardener/Drivers to work in and around the Bury area. This is a temporary seasonal role reviewed after 6 months.

You will be working for the local authority around the Borough of Bury.

Employment Type: 6 months temporary

Pay rate: £11.59 per hour

Hours: 8am - 4.30pm, 7.24hrs per day

Location: Bury

Requirements:

DBS: Standard

DL: Full UK

PA1 Pesticide Certificate - desirable

PA6 Spraying Licence - desirable

Job Description

As a gardener/driver, you will be required to travel around the Bury Borough carrying out various duties. To maintain the Authority's grounds in accordance with contract specification, other tasks will include:

• To drive and be responsible for allocated vehicles, duties which would include vehicle checks, required maintenance and cleaning, transporting goods, equipment and personnel, assisting in loading and unloading vehicles and completion of associated paper work.


• Whilst not driving, to undertake ancillary duties as appropriate to the type of work undertaken by the teams being serviced, which would include:


• Grass cutting, edging, weeding, hoeing, sweeping, raking, strimming, hedge clipping, clearing ditches and drains, digging, forking, watering, scarifying, rolling, manuring, clearance of rubbish, cleaning of buildings, site preparation, over-marking of sports areas, erecting and dismantling sports equipment, fertilising, simple pruning, supervised planting, supervised arboricultural work, supervised use of weedkillers and chemicals, supervised propagation, constructional labouring and other work of a similar type complementary to a more skilled operation undertaken by a higher graded gardener, the use of powered hand tools, ride on grass cutting machinery and light plan for these purposes when instructed.


• Assisting higher-graded gardeners in their work when directed.

Skills and experience

• Must have previous gardening experience in a working environment.


• Experience of using handheld gardening tools including, strimmers, lawn mowers and ride on mowers.


• Must be physically fit as you will be required to lift heavy machinery.


• Working outside in all weather conditions and seasons.


• H&S knowledge of hazardous chemicals, such as weedkiller.


• Working alone and as part of a team.


• Must have full UK driving licence.


• PA1 Pesticide certificate - desirable.


• PA6 Sparying Licence - desirable.


• Ride on mower experience - desirable.


• Local authority experience - desirable.

If this Gardener/Driver position is of interest to you, please apply with a copy of your CV.

Please note - due to the number of applications we receive we are only able to contact those candidates that are successfully shortlisted for the position. If you do not hear from us within 7 days of your application, then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.

Sure Start Staff act as an Employment Agency for permanent roles and an Employment Business for temporary opportunities.