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Grounds Maintenance Operative- Dudley Council

Job Posted: an hour ago

Salary: £ 13.69 - 13.69 / Hour
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Dudley, West Midlands

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Dudley Council is looking for Grounds Maintenance Operatives to join their team on temporary ongoing basis. 

Hours of work: 

7am to 4:30pm Monday to Thursday

7am to 2:30 pm Friday

This is an ongoing agency role for a period of 3 months, with possible extension depending on needs of the Council.

Role requires the candidate to commence with any Landscaping/ Goundsmaintenance duties including but not limiting to:

Digging, forking, hoeing, weeding, mulching, grass edging, pruning shrubs & roses, other duties in line with the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act. 
 Setting out, initial & over marking of sports pitches, running tracks, field events, rounders, javelin, shot, discus, tennis etc including hard surface line markings using specialist equipment and the erection and dismantling of sports equipment and the maintenance of synthetic sports surfaces. Including any other associated painting tasks in this regard. 
Preparation of ground for and the planting and staking of, trees annual bedding, shrub borders, rose beds, rockeries, and herbaceous borders. 
Carry out hard and soft landscaping works including the preparation of the ground for and the application of, seed & turf laying, slabbing, fence erection, brick work and rock gardens etc.
Organise tools, equipment, materials, and other resource to ensure that tasks and projects are completed within any given timescales and to specification.
 Application of pesticides, fertilisers, topdressing etc. Store, transport and apply pesticides, fertilisers etc in accordance with relevant legislation and council policy. 
 Carry out routine inspections and maintenance on play areas and complete and submit appropriate documentation on each occasion.
Record work completed site defects and issues which impact on work operations and report these to the Supervisor at the end of each day.
Drive any vehicle relevant to the grade, which may include Ford Iveco type 5 tonne Crew Cab vehicles, towing, small van, ride-on mowers and any other industry specific vehicles in line with the post holder's driving licence and training. e.g. "grandfather rights" may be used where deemed necessary and appropriate.Clean and valid driving license is required for this role. Ideal candidate will have past Groundsmaintenance/ Landscaping experience.

This role is a subject to a BASIC DBS Check. 

If you believe you are the right candidate please press apply.

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