Arborist Apprentice - High Wycombe
John O'Conner GM Limited
Location
Marlow, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom
Job description
What you will do in your working day
As an apprentice arborist, you'll cultivate and manage trees, hedgerows and shrubs. The work is undertaken in both rural and urban settings and includes all aspects of:
- Felling
- Preserving
- Planting and protecting trees
- Using heavy equipment
- Adhering to health and safety requirements on site
- Ground clearance
- Team work
- Chainsaw work upon cert completion
- Climbing at height
- Strimming
- Lifting and bending
- Using large and small machinery
- Fencing
- Stump grinding
- Site clearance
Please note that you will be involved in all sorts of work from
tree work to grounds maintenance. A great job if you like variety.
The training you will be getting
- Level 2 Standard Arboriculture Apprenticeship
- Weekly day release into Berkshire College of Agriculture
- Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English if you do not hold a 4 / C or above at GCSE Level or equivalent
- An assessor will visit you in the workplace every 6-8 weeks, or more frequently if required
- Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (Ofqual registered) minimum 1-day course
- Level 3 award in emergency first aid at work
- Level 2 award in safe use of brushwood chipper
- Traffic Management (NRSWA Unit 002 Signing, Lighting and Guarding) OR Sector Scheme 12D Level 2 award in chainsaw maintenance
- Level 2 award in crosscutting timber using a chainsaw
- Level 2 award in felling and processing trees up to 380mm
- Level 2 award in accessing a tree using a rope and harness
- Level 3 award in aerial tree rescue operations
- Level 3 award in aerial cutting of trees using free fall techniques
- Level 2 award in safe use of mobile elevated work platform
- Level 3 award in use of a chainsaw from a Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP)
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
Possible full-time job upon completion of the apprenticeship.
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Salary
£22.36k per annum
