SPI: Land Based Activities and Horticulture - Gardener (Ref: 21503)

Please refer to Job Description

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

Horticulture

• Carry out a full range of horticultural activities, giving instruction to prisoners on all land-based activity duties including use of machinery.
• Ensure good horticultural practice.
• Land based activities
• Maintain the establishments grounds and conservation areas including maintenance of lawns, ponds, water features, hard and soft landscaping (including laying paving and turf) and external grounds to the establishment including woodland (where appropriate).
• Deliver the relevant actions from the MoJ's Biodiversity Strategy and to develop and create the establishments conservation areas.
• Undertake small project work as advised.

Undertake other instructor tasks including:

• You will be responsible for supervising prisoners in the work area, ensuring that work targets are met, discipline is maintained, and the work area remains a safe and positive working environment at all times. This may involve the selection process of prisoners and managing their pay.
• Inducting prisoners and training and training them in aspects such as Health and Safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to Health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage within your area of work.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Open to UK nationals only.

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