Plant Nursery Production Worker

Job Location	Oakmere
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£8.72 - £10.05 per hour, inc benefits
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Temporary, full-time

Job Description

We are recruiting for Plant Nursery and Forestry workers on behalf of our prestigious client, Forestry England.This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a uniquely natural environment as an important part of the team responsible for growing and grading seeds and tree plants for use in UK forests and across the world.Typical duties include;- lifting seedlings from seedbeds- mechanical transplanting- netting seedbeds- hand-weeding- grading trees into different sizesThis work can take place in all weathers and involves both indoor and outdoor work.You may be working both as part of a team and independently.There is a bonus scheme in place in addition to the basic pay rate to encourage good productivity and efficiency.Hourly pate rate is £8.72 per hour, rising to £10.05 per hour after 12 weeks. There is also an increased holiday entitlement available after 12 weeks.The nursery has a current annual programme to supply the public forest estate with up to 12 million forest usable trees. A wide range of mainly conifer and some broadleaved species are grown from seed and cuttings to meet this demand. The plant stock is produced both in the open nursery as a bare-root product and also containerised, grown in our poly-tunnel and glasshouse complex. The container nursery also produces up to 1 million rooted cuttings for use on the open nursery.The ability to work in a flexible and adaptable manner is an absolute necessity for this role. Required skills

Agriculture

Forestry

Nursery

Plant

Tree

Seeds

Sapling

Keyskills :
Agriculture Festry Nursery Plant Tree Seeds Sapling

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