Estate Worker Apprentice

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

Particular application to forestry, farming and landscaping activities Limited application to sporting estates  Gain experience in planting, maintaining, felling, processing trees, for timber, woodfuel and amenity purposes Strimming, vegetation management for both conservation and amenity purposes The job may also include 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 necessary 

Training Outcome:
Employment on this estate in a farming and/or forestry capacity. Eventually, they could rise to be a foreman, or with additional qualifications, a farm or forestry manager While the company would hope to hire a candidate who could stay with it and progress, these skills would be applicable to work on 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 includes 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 estate's 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