Apprentice Soft Landscaper

Introduction

Apprentice Soft Landscaper required for a small, niche company specialising in planting design, replanting, and enhancing private landscapes for climate resilience and maximum biodiversity. You'll gain hands-on experience in innovative landscape maintenance techniques while working on unique, eco-friendly projects.

About the Employer

Two Oaks landscapes ltd started in 2017 by George Butler who trained at Writtle college and then furthered his experience abroad in Australia and New Zealand for 3 years before returning and starting the company focusing on high end maintenance with particular attention to planting landscapes that are climate resilient and biodiverse rich. Two Oaks landscapes has adapted to customer requirements and trends to heavily reduce pesticide use, using quieter, battery powered machinery and eradicating peat usage, while helping customers reduce their water usage by implementing irrigation systems to water less and more efficiently. The future of the company is still very passionate about climate resilient planting, given the extremes of weather over the last few years, learning and using water more efficiently, maintaining these landscapes to the highest possible standards. We look closely as a company to adapt to our changing climate in the way we work and plant and maintain. Recently paying more attention to the efficiency of irrigation systems. Installation and maintenance.

What You'll Do

• A small, dynamic and knowledgeable team environment
• Working in an array of high-end private gardens with a range of styles focusing on a range of maintenance tasking including hedge cutting, mowing (ride on included)
• Full PPE and uniform provided
• Felco secateurs and holster provided.
• Bed and border care including pruning
• Planting, and irrigation
• 8 hour day with 2/3 breaks around 30 mins long

Training Outcome

• Full term employment
• Continuing study programmes possible
• Irrigation training possible
• Spraying course possible

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Physical fitness
• Plant knowledge

Course Information

Course: Horticulture or landscape construction operative (level 2)

Level: 2

Route: Agriculture, environmental and animal care

Apprenticeship Level: Intermediate

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 4.00pm (Saturday work available) Part time hours available as well as full time

Expected Duration: 2 Years

Number of Positions Available: 2

Training Provider: THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP