Job Description

Seasonal Gardeners

Manpower is looking for experienced seasonal Gardeners to work across spring and summer busy periods for a client based in Oxford.

Details:

• Temporary full time work
• 11.44 - 12.49 per hour depending one experience
• Oxford City Centre based
• Must have experience
• Must have a valid UK driving license
• Working hours : Monday to Thursday 07:30 - 16:00, Friday 07:30 - 12:00

• Duties may include some of the following:
• General ground maintenance including sweeping and litter removal, mechanical and chemical weed control, ground clearance, manual and mechanical ground cultivation, chipping, shredding, and mulching.
• Pruning of shrubs, climbers and small trees.
• Border maintenance - cutting back, lifting, and dividing of perennial plants. Planting new material, staking, tying-in, dead-heading and watering.
• Turf maintenance - mowing using various types of machinery including pedestrian, cylinder and ride-on mowers, spiking, topdressing, over-seeding, turf lifting and laying, fertilising, weedkilling, strimming, and edging.
• Hedge maintenance - planting, pruning and cutting.
• Driving and routine maintenance of tractors and attachments. Carrying out daily and weekly cleaning and lubrication of machinery as required.
• Landscape work - under supervision.
• Nursery work - under supervision.
• Other duties as may be specified from time to time by Supervisory staff
• Using mobile device to record hours worked at sites, full training and device will be provided

Apply today and we will be in touch.