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Glendale Services Limited - Heathrow At a glance
  • Salary: £462 / week
  • Address: Allegro Compound, Gate 14, Skyvan Close, Southern Perimeter Road, London Heathrow Airport TW6 3FH
  • Start date: 2025-04-14
  • Closing date: 2025-04-06
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Apprentice Grounds Maintenance Operative - Horticulture Level 2

This apprenticeship will mainly focus on horticulture and the soft landscaping activities such as grounds maintenance and plant growth.

Summary

You will be a proactive person with a passion to learn all aspects of horticulture.  Committed to gaining qualifications and starting your career in Horticulture.

Duties include:

  • Carry out all general maintenance tasks
  • Practice safe systems of work
  • Ensure all tools are stored correctly
  • Contribute fully to team working.
  • Undertake all aspects of hard and soft landscaping and commercial grounds maintenance.
  • Have the desire to learn and become an asset to the company and themselves.
  • Within in this vacancy, you will also be required to complete the following: planting, plant growth and development; care for plants correctly in different environments.

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • Maths and English Grade 3 desirable but not essential
  • Enthusiastic, hard working and enjoys working outdoors
  • A full clean UK driving licence is desirable but not essential as operatives may be required to operative ride-on mowers and drive company vehicles / tow trailers

Future prospects

Full Level 2 Horticulture Apprenticeship Opportunity to progress to full time position and further training where appropriate

Things to consider

This position requires a CRB check and full references This is a physical role working in all weathers outdoors. Due to the use of site machinery candidates must be 18 years old or over. Ideally you will hold a drivers licence or be learning to drive. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early dependent on the number of applications.

Training to be provided

  • Full Level 2 Horticulture Apprenticeship
  • Functional Skills Level 2 Maths and English where required
  • PA1, PA6 Safe use of pesticides
  • L3 emergency first aid at work will be provided as part of the apprenticeship 

About the employer

Glendale Services Limited - Heathrow

Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping.

Address

Allegro Compound, Gate 14, Skyvan Close, Southern Perimeter Road, London Heathrow Airport Hounslow TW6 3FH
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