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Nat. Apprenticeship Service
Apprentice Landscape Gardener
Job description
Employer: The Landscaping Co Ltd
Description: Apprentice landscape gardener required. The main duties will include:
Construction and maintenance of - fences, patios, Mowing/strimming and bed maintenance, shrub pruning
Ground/site preparation
Laying lawns/shrub and tree planting
Marking out sites from a plan
Levelling
Site clearance
Being able to use and look after a range of garden tools, including hand tools and powered equipment.
Understanding, and complying with Health and Safety laws and regulations
Providing good customer service at all times.
Any other duties as required
Apprenticeship framework: Horticulture (Lantra)
Apprenticeship type: Intermediate Level Apprenticeship
Skills required: Attention to detail
Good team player
Enjoys outdoor work
Qualification required: Ideally GCSE maths and English grade C or above (or equivalent).
Working week: 6.30am – 3.30pm Monday - Friday
Training to be provided: NVQ L2 Work based diploma in Horticulture
Functional Skills L1 in Maths and English
Employment Rights and Responsibilities (ERR)
Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS)
Other important information: The National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate for apprentices is £2.68 per hour. This applies to 16-18 year old apprentices and those aged over 19 in the first year of their Apprenticeship. For all other apprentices the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies. The Minimum Wage for Apprentices applies to time spent on the job plus time spent training.
The apprenticeship will include a mandatory 1 day per week at South Staffordshire College, Rodbaston Campus. Transport to college will be provided on this day.
Future prospects: There is the possibility of a fulltime post upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
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Job summary
Job ID
5861169
Posting Date
27/01/2014
Location
UK-MID-Stafford
Industries
Government and public sector
Job type
Full time
Salary
107.20 - 107.20 per week
Job reference code
379013
can i employ someone trainee for £107 a week for 5 x 9 hour days? £27 a day ?
yes, if it is part of the apprenticeship scheme with a training provider. For a year only, while they complete the qualification on day release at college.
My apprentice is on this structure however I pay him more than the requirement, He does not attend the collage, collage come out to him one half day a month to assess him and give him more homework/assignments to complete.
I had to guarantee him a minimum of 30hrs a week, collage accepted that because of our industry I can work him longer in summer less in winter as long as it averages out over the year, he is nearer 42 Hrs average.
The collage also give my company £1500 for taking him on, they have give him a first aid course and he takes his PA1 -PA6 tests tomorrow did his learning 2 days last week, I only paid £200.00 towards this.
The lad is top he will have a job waiting when he completes and I will then start another apprentice however this lad will take some beating.
Mine found me
After he had sent me is CV 3 times in 3 months I knew he was keen
Approached the college they said he and I both meet criteria's required and then I started him on his road to being a Lawn care technician, with gardening qualification as well