Estate Worker Apprentice

This apprenticeship will equip the apprentice the skills to work on a mixed rural enterpise:

Particular application to forestry, farming and landscaping activities Limited application to sporting estates  gain expreience in planting, maintaining, felling, processing trees, for timber, woodfueland amenity purposes Strimming, vegetation management for both conservative and amenity purposes The job may also incude some work on a predominantly arable farming enterprise, potentially including pest control, harvest work hedges and fences

Training:

Countryside Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

On-the-job training  Off-the-job training  Day release training to Brooksby Campus  Functional skills if nessessary 

Training Outcome:
Employment by this estate in a farming and/or forstry capacity . Eventually they could rise to a foreman, or with additional qualifications t farmor forestry manager While we would love to hire a candidate who could stay with us. thier skills would be applicable to a variety of rural estates

Employer Description:
The Scawby Estate is a traditional, yet diverse, rural business encompassing farming, forestry, heritage and let property. Its farmland included arable land, grassland, and areas run for biodiversity, while its forestry holdings comprise both productive conifers and deciduous woodland run for public amenity and biodiversity. At the estates centre are Scawby Hall and Gardens, a family home that is open to the public.

Working Hours :
Monday - Thursday, 7.30am - 4.30pm

Skills:
Communication skills,Team working