Horticulture Work, Jobs in Colchester (with Salaries)

Horticultural Nursery Assistant - Forklift Experience Required
Parker's Nurseries Ltd —Clacton-on-Sea
- £27,000 - £32,000 a year
- Overtime
- Forklift
- Warehouse experience
- In-person
- Employee discount
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Trainee Soft Landscaper
Cox Landscapes —Colchester
- From £12.71 an hour
- Full-time
- Maintenance
- Driving
- In-person
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Plant Area Expert
Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd —Chelmsford
- £13.91 - £14.32 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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Part Time Gardener
Passion Flower Garden care and design —Sudbury
- £14 - £17 an hour
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- Power tools
- In-person
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Full Time Gardener
Cogels Investments —Felsted
- From £25,000 a year
- Full-time
- Organisational skills
- Power tools
- In-person
- Free parking
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Arboricultural Officer / Senior Arboricultural Officer - Planning Service
Braintree District Council —Braintree
- £31,284 - £45,498 a year
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
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Gardener
Cathena Healthcare Ltd —Ipswich
- £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Power tools
- In-person
- Hand tools
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
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Level 2 Apprentice - Horticulture
Sanctuary Group —Ipswich
- £19,968 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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Gardener/Handyman/woman
CT Property and Garden Services —Ipswich
- £13.50 - £18.75 an hour
- Temporary
- Driving
- Organisational skills
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South End City Council —Southend-on-Sea
- £33,143 - £38,220 a year
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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Gardening Express —Chelmsford
- Weekend availability
- Annual leave

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Horticultural Nursery Assistant - Forklift Experience Required

Parker's Nurseries Ltd
Clacton-on-Sea

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Job details

Full-time
£27,000 - £32,000 a year
8 days ago

Benefits

Company pension
Employee discount
On-site parking

Qualifications

Growing experience
Forklift
Warehouse experience
Manual handling
Horticulture

Full job description

Horticultural Nursery Assistant

Parker's Nurseries Ltd is an independent wholesale plant nursery, with a 25-year tradition of growing and supplying quality plants to Garden Centres. We currently have an opportunity for a Horticultural Nursery Assistant to join our team on a permanent basis. You will carry out general nursery duties as listed below, which will include operating a Forklift Truck for which you must be able to demonstrate recent experience.

Company: Parker’s Nurseries, 2 Frinton Road, Thorpe-Le-Soken, Essex, CO16 0HS

Position: Horticultural Nursery Assistant

Working Hours: A standard working week for a full time member of the team is 37.5 hours. however, actual hours of work will vary due to the seasonal nature of the business. It is expected that employees will work a reasonable amount of overtime during the peak periods to meet customer demand.

Weekend working will be required.

The site closes for 2 weeks at Xmas

Pay: Will be dependent on experience and hours worked

Duties:

· Planting and plant care

· Labelling plant pots and packs

· Moving stock(Forklift with specially adapted forks used for this task)

· Spacing plants((Forklift with specially adapted forks used for this task)

· Stopping and grading plants

· Watering

· Picking customer orders

· Producing seasonal planted arrangements

· Other duties as required

Additional training will be provided to operate plant/machinery where applicable

Personal Qualities:

· Self-motivated with a can-do attitude and willingness to learn

· Hardworking with a good level of physical fitness

· Ability to follow instructions and concentrate for long periods

· Positive and friendly manner

· Ability to working on their own, as well as in a team

· Good Health & Safety awareness in order to operate a Forklift in a busy nursery

Further Information:

· Overtime will be available

· Weekend working will be required

· Some of the work can be repetitive

· Working in glasshouses can be very warm in late spring and summer months

PLEASE NOTE: Following an initial interview you will then be required to attend a practical session where you will be required to demonstrate you are competent to operate a Forklift Truck.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £27,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Employee discount
On-site parking

Experience:

Forklift: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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