- NAS Reference
VAC001828346
- Weekly wage
£153.00
- Hours
30.00 per week
- Working Week
30 hours
08:00 – 15:00 Monday to Friday with 1 hour unpaid lunch in summer
08:00 – 14:30 Monday to Friday with 30 mins unpaid lunch in winter
- Date Posted
28/02/2022
- Start Date
01/09/2022
- Location
Rugby
- Expected Duration
2 years
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Horticulture or landscape operative
- Employment Type
Intermediate Level Apprenticeship
- Employer
RUGBY SCHOOL
Description of Opportunity
To work as part of a busy Gardening team under the direction of the Head Gardener at the prestigious Rugby School. A wide variety of horticultural skills will be learned.
For more information about this vacancy please contact Matt Handy
mhandy@wcg.ac.uk - WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE (Ref ID: VAC001828346)
An interest in gardening, trees and plants, and a desire to gain the skills to maintain a top garden.
GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English grades A-C preferred, minimum accepted grade D
Enthusiastic
Reliable
Hard working
Self-motivated
Polite
A team player
Conscientious
Good attention to detail
Working outside in all weathers, lots of lifting, bending and standing.
Potential full-time gardener position at the end of the apprenticeship for the right person.
At least two centuries of Rugby's history are written in the stones and other monuments to tradition that stand around the School Close, where in 1823, local lad William Webb Ellis, with a fine disregard for the rules of football, took the ball in his arms and ran with it, originating the game of rugby football.