Gardener / Team Leader

Main responsibilities

• Cutting grass and hedges
• Landscaping and repairing paths
• Pruning and shrubbery maintenance (including fertilising and applying pesticides) and seasonal bedding
• Tree surgery
• Wildfowl husbandry
• Propagating plants/trees
• Machinery maintenance
• Maintaining grass sports pitches and preparing the synthetic all weather pitches
• Maintaining the University lake and associated water courses
• Snow clearing and gritting as a team leader, when required
• To act up in the absence of the Head Gardener

Qualifications and Experience

• Essential: Full Driving Licence, NPTC certificates in PA1 & PA6a. Experience in grounds maintenance and landscaping
• Desirable: Recognised horticultural qualification. Experience in propogation, arboriculture, team leader experience, snow clearing service, wildfowl husbandry

Skills

• Essential: Proficient in the use of tractors and ride-on & pedestrian grass cutting machinery and powered hand tools. Proficient in the handling and application of pesticides. Skilled in soft landscaping including seeding, turfing and planting
• Desirable: Experience in using equipment such as chainsaws and elevated work platforms. Proficient in propagating and growing techniques and in the husbandry of young trees