At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team maintaining beautiful green spaces and working outdoors.
- Company: Dynamic forestry and grounds maintenance team in Leicestershire.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, full-time hours, and opportunities for skill development.
- Other info: Long-term opportunity with a focus on health and safety.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in your community while enjoying nature.
- Qualifications: Experience in landscaping or willingness to learn power tools.
The predicted salary is between 13.9 - 13.9 £ per hour.
Location: Leicestershire (with occasional work in surrounding counties)
Pay Rate: £13.90 per hour
Working hours: 7am-3pm (degree of flexibility required)
Job Type: Full-time | Long-Term Opportunity
About the Role
We are currently recruiting for an Arboriculture Ground Operative to join a hardworking and professional team delivering forestry and grounds maintenance services across Leicestershire and occasionally surrounding counties. This is an excellent long-term opportunity for someone who enjoys working outdoors, takes pride in maintaining green spaces, and is committed to high standards of health and safety. Working as part of a team, you will carry out a variety of forestry, arboriculture and grounds maintenance tasks to help maintain public spaces, highways, footpaths and woodland areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Carrying out ground-based forestry work, including processing felled trees and clearing foliage.
- Assisting with tree, shrub and hedge planting and ongoing maintenance.
- Hedge trimming, hedge laying and planting schemes.
- Strimming and verge maintenance.
- Maintaining public rights of way and other green infrastructure.
- Operating a range of specialist equipment including wood chippers, chainsaws, hedge cutters and other powered plant.
- Carrying out daily vehicle and equipment inspections and basic maintenance.
- Ensuring all arboriculture equipment is maintained in a safe working condition.
- Working to recognised arboriculture standards, including BS3998.
- Supporting forestry and groundworks projects as directed by supervisors.
- Following risk assessments and safe systems of work at all times.
- Maintaining a clean, safe and professional working environment.
What We're Looking For
- Enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Have experience within forestry, arboriculture, landscaping or grounds maintenance (preferred but not essential).
- Are confident using or willing to learn to operate power tools and specialist equipment such as chainsaws, chippers and strimmers.
- Have a strong commitment to health and safety.
- Can work effectively as part of a team as well as independently when required.
- Are reliable, hardworking and take pride in delivering high-quality work.
- Are willing to undertake training to develop new skills.
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