Maintenance & Soft Landscaping Apprentice

We have a vacancy for an apprentice to learn all aspects of:

Planting trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants as well as keeping a domestic garden well maintained As most of our work is carried out in private gardens you must be well-presented, polite and conscientious Good communication skills and a keen interest in the horticulture industry is essential

Training:
Horticulture and Landscape Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard Emergency First Aid PA1 PA6

Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths must achieve Level 1 and take the test for Level 2 before taking the end-point assessment.

Apprentices will need to achieve the EPA's to achieve their apprenticeship:

On-line knowledge assessment - a 60-minute online test containing 40 multiple choice questions Practical assessment EPA - a range of 4 practical activities taking no more than six hours undertaken in controlled conditions with responses to verbal questioning from the Independent End Point Assessor. The apprentice will undertake three core tasks and one task from the optional route - Horticulture or Landscaping Professional Discussion EPA - An hour-long professional discussion under controlled conditions between the EPA and the apprentice to allow the apprentice to demonstrate their knowledge

You will be required to attend Sparsholt College on a day release basis to learn about horticulture, to include:

Health and Safety Use and maintain non-powered and handheld powered equipment Use and maintain pedestrian controlled equipment Environment protection Plant identification and nomenclature - Latin and common Vegetation control Soil science and cultivation Plant establish and maintenance Plant grown Plant health Establish and maintain amenity areas Survey and mark out sites for landscaping features Construct hard landscape features Maintain hard landscape features

Training Outcome:
We are looking to invest in the right person and hope this opportunity will be a long term partnership with Location Landscapes. We are a young growing company therefore there are prospects to move up the career ladder

Employer Description:
Garden Landscape Company

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Logical,Team working