Town Team Operative in Abergavenny

Location: Llanfoist Household Waste Recycling Centre, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9AQ, Monmouthshire County Council

Salary £12.85 per hour

I require an EPA Operative to cover a vacancy until we recruit into the post.

Full Clean Driving License is Essential

Duties will include

• To empty litter bins and to carry out litter picking to open spaces, verges and hard surfaces (reactive or proactive/scheduled).
• To undertake sweeping of hard surfaces using hand held and mechanical means.
• To undertake the cleansing and repair and painting of street furniture.
• To undertake herbicide application, with the relevant training accreditations, and/or removal of weeds by hand.
• The power washing of hard surfaces and monuments.
• To ensure that vehicles are kept clean and that daily safety inspections are carried out.
• To ensure that all plant and machinery is used in accordance with manufactures advice and instruction.
• To abide by all Health and Safety legislation and codes of practice to ensure your own safety and that of your colleagues
• To abide by the principles and practice of equal opportunity as laid down in the Council’s Equal Opportunity Policy.
• To maintain horticultural features inclusive of shrub bed and areas of annual bedding also hedge cutting.
• To undertake landscaping of open spaces.

Expectation of this Role

This role will actively support the organisation in shaping the culture and workforce of Monmouthshire, specifically Chepstow.

You will be required to

• Maintain Safe Working Practices for self and others in accordance with the Council’s Safe Working Practices and Health and Safety Policy
• Comply with the relevant legislation in relation to Health and Safety
• Carry out your role in a polite and orderly manner
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the grade of post if the relevant training has been provided.
• Clean and current driving licence.
• Undertake any training that is required to undertake your role safely and effectively.

• Work outside normal working hours

• Responding to emergencies (including evenings, weekends and bank holidays):- staff will be expected to be able to assist the Council in its response to emergencies within the Town of Abergavenny on instruction from management.

This includes instances such as flooding (sandbagging), snow (town centre clearances), storms (tree removal).

• If required scheduling for working bank holidays, weekends etc. will be based on principles of fairness and equality with the single status agreement applying.
• Abide by the principles and practices of Equal Opportunities as laid down within the Council’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Here’s what we can provide you with

• Relevant training that will enable you to carry out your duties safely and effectively.
• Equipment and clothing that will enable you to carry out your duties safely.
• We will aspire to decrease or replace the paper forms of instruction and communication and provide you with more electronic means of communication e. g.

The Connected Person, access to Monmouthshire Hub.

• We can provide you with the opportunity to be part of a new flexible team which wants to deliver excellent services to our customers, whether they are residents of Monmouthshire or External Clients who pay for our services.

What else you need to know….. Monmouthshire Values are

Openness: We aspire to open and honest in order to develop trusting relationships.

Fairness: We aspire to provide fair choice, opportunities and experiences and become an organisation built on mutual respect.

Flexibility: We aspire to be flexible in our thinking and action to become an effective and efficient organisation.

Teamwork: We aspire to work together to share our successes and failures by building on our strengths and supporting one another to achieve our goals.

and this role will work with Monmouthshire to achieve these.

In addition

All employees are responsible for ensuring that they act at all times in a way that is consistent with Monmouthshire’s Equal Opportunities Policy in their own area of responsibility and in their general conduct.

Person Specification

How will we know if you are the right person for the role? As the successful candidate you will have demonstrate that you:-

• 1. Hold a full driving licence
• 2. Have related experience within a similar environment as described within this role.
• 3. Have a good understanding of Health and Safety issues plus the ability to abide by the Authority’s agreed policies and procedures.
• 4. Have experience and be able to work as part of a team
• 5. Are able to work without close supervision
• 6. Be able to self-motivate
• 7. Have pride in the quality of your work to ensure a quality service is provided
• 9. Have a willingness to undertake any relevant training
• 10. Flexible and able to work outside the core hours to meet the needs of the service when required, including covering Bank Holidays