Gardener

KEY RESULT AREAS Gardener

To use a high level of gardening skills to meet the horticultural standards within the

specification and to undertake all horticultural operations, including:

• Grassing cutting duties/strimming/hedge trimming/clearing leaves and litter
• Planting out of bedding plants, trees and shrubs
• Shrub bed planting and maintenance (e.g. pruning and division)
• Application of chemicals
• Maintenance, setting out and marking sports facilities
• General soft landscaping works (e.g. top-soiling, cultivation, seeding, shrub-bed renewal etc.)

To operate, and be responsible for ensuring that all vehicles, plant and machinery are kept in good working orders and comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Road Traffic Regulations

To report any defects in tools and equipment to line manager

To take reasonable care of own and others safety; to co-operate with managers/ supervisors in complying with statutory health & safety duties; to report incidents, accidents, faults etc

Knowledge Gardener

Possess knowledge of mechanical plant/equipment and its maintenance (or be prepared to undertake training)

• Knowledge of plant identification and disorders

• Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Regulations

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