Seasonal Horticultural Nursery Worker

Seasonal Horticultural Nursery worker.

Reporting to the Head of Breeding and Research

As a Nursery Worker you will be part of a friendly team working in greenhouses on the maintenance of plants. You will be required, to the best of your ability after training, to work individually to:

Maintain stock plants including potting and cutting back

Moving plants onto benches, watering, weeding and looking after plants

Tidying up after your work to ensure the nursery is a clean and healthy place to work and prevent disease.

Helping the Directors implement Health & Safety by being a safe worker at all times and looking out for the safety of your colleagues.

Key Skills: Self-motivated, attention to detail and able to work in a team and on your own for periods of time. Experience of working in horticulture or a greenhouse is not essential but desirable. Physically fit to carry out your duties including standing for long periods of time which can be at high temperatures in the summer.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 5 months

Salary: From £10.42 per hour

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Experience:

• Plant propagation: 1 year (preferred)
• Horticulture: 1 year (preferred)
• Microsoft Excel and Word: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/06/2023
Reference ID: SHW22
Expected start date: 12/06/2023