Grounds Operative (Grade 14)

Job Description

Job Category: Manual Labour / General Industrial
Location: Colley Lane Depot, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 07:30
End Time: 16:00
Salary: £10.98

Role Purpose:
To carry out a variety of operational roles in a flexible manner, to promote a clean and attractive environment for residents and visitors within the district.

To undertake all grounds/horticultural operations to a high standard. Duties include but are not limited to highways, highway verges, cemeteries, public spaces, landscaped areas, including grass/hedge maintenance, weeding, clearing leaves, clearing shrub beds, pruning, planting shrubs, summer bedding and seeding, removal of graffiti and fly posting.

Qualifications:
Essential:
• Good standard of education
• Level 2 Certificate of Competency in the safe use of ride-on lawnmowers
• Full UK Driving licence.
Desirable:
• NVQ level 2 in Horticulture.
• Routine Playground Inspection qualification.
• Chapter 8 NRSWA 002 Signing, Lighting, and guarding & Excavation of the Highway.
• Excavator 360 mini digger qualification.
• PA1 and PA6 Pesticide Training.
• Hiab training.

Knowledge:
• Competent knowledge to Comply with COSHH regulations and Health and Safety at work Act.

Skills:
Essential:
• Outdoors manual working and demonstrates the ability to use hand-operated equipment appropriate for the role.
• Takes care to evaluate environmental issues.
• Must have an understanding and knowledge base of Outlook, Word and Teams and possess the ability to learn new systems.
• The post holder will be expected to conduct activities that require manual dexterity and physical co-ordination for the role. Such as XXXX
• The post holder will be expected to manoeuvre heavy objects such as bagged materials and resources.
• Adapts work style to suit changing circumstances, such as weather conditions and volume of pedestrians.