Experienced Landscape Gardener
- Employer
- Undisclosed Company
- Location
- Bicester, Oxfordshire
- Salary
- £10.00 - £12.00 per hour
- Closing date
- 23 Aug 2022
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- Sector
- Sales, Scientific, Utilities
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
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Manpower Recruitment are looking for an experienced Landscape Gardener in the Kidlington, Oxford area.
A driving licence would be desirable but not essential due to location.
This is a Temp-Perm position, working Monday-Friday 7.30-5pm and paying £10-£12 depending on experience.
Carrying out general garden maintenance - including mowing, planting annuals, bulbs, transplanting shrubs and trees, pruning at the correct time, lawn care and overall garden development
- working with clients on a day to day basis, keeping calm, polite and confidently answering their horticultural questions and developing a good relationship.
- cleaning gardens and removing rubbish
- applying appropriate chemical control
- maintaining a safe, clean work environment by establishing and maintaining organisational and H&S standards
- maintaining and cleaning tools and van.
You will have:
- at least 3 years' horticultural experience
- good landscaping experience
- a good plant knowledge and be passionate about plants and planting
- a keen interest in landscaping and be able to work from a layout plan
- a creative mind and pay attention to detail
- a hard-working, self-motivated and ambitious attitude
- the ability to work outdoors under all weather conditions and be flexible in working hours (longer days in summer/shorter in winter)
- a fully conversant knowledge of all grounds maintenance machinery
- the ability to work in a team and/or work individually
Horticultural qualifications and skills required:
- a full clean driving licence
- at least three years' work history, of which at least two years are in grounds maintenance
Useful qualifications (but not essential)
- NPTC Spraying licence
- NPTC Chainsaw cross-cutting and felling licence
- CSCS card
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