East Cambs Trading Company Council have an exciting opportunity for an Arborist to join their team.
Location: Ely, Cambridgeshire
Salary: £26,845 per annum
Arborist - The Role:
East Cambs Trading Company have an exciting opportunity for an Arborist to join our growing Arboricultural team.
Your role will be to deliver a range of high quality Arboricultural work to the East Cambridgeshire District Council tree stock and to our commercial clients.
Arborist – Key Responsibilities:
The post will require you to carry out a wide range of arboricultural tasks, from technical tree removals to formative pruning. The post may require other duties of a reasonable nature as may be determined by Trees Officer, Parks and Open Spaces Team Leader/Parks and Open Spaces Manager.
The ECTC Arboricultural team is part of a larger ground’s maintenance team.
Arborist – You:
Required professional qualifications:
- L2 or above Qualification in Arboriculture or similar subject
- NPTC 201 (CS 30) chainsaw maintenance and cross cutting
- NPTC 202 (CS 31) small tree felling
- NPTC 203 (CS 38) aerial rescue
- NPTC 204 (CS 39) chainsaw use from rope and harness
- Woodchipper qualification
-Emergency First Aid + F
-Experience working within the Arboricultural industry with up to date knowledge on the industry best practice and legislation
- Driver’s license
Desirable professional qualifications:
- L3 or above Qualification in Arboriculture or similar subject
- NPTC 302 (CS 40) aerial tree pruning
- IPAF MEWP certificate
- NPTC 309 (CS47) Use of a chainsaw from a mobile elevating work platform
- NPTC 207 (CS 48) Powered pole pruner
- NPTC 303 (CS 41) Aerial rigging and lowering
- Stump Grinder qualification
- Manual handling training
- PA1, PA6 (Spraying, use of chemicals e.c.t)
Training will be provided for the right candidate.
- You must be focused, committed and hardworking
- You must be resourceful, be able to work well with others and also able to work/manage time independently
- You will have a key focus on safe working practices, care and maintenance of arboricultural equipment/machinery/vehicles, along with a passion for high quality tree care
The hours of work are Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4.00pm and Friday - 8:00am - 3.30pm (37 Hours a week)
Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Arborist - Benefits:
- Training, development and payment of professional fees
- Holidays and pension scheme entitlements
Closing date for completed applications is Sunday, 16th April 2023
Interviews will be held on: Thursday, 27th April 2023
The Council is an equal opportunities employer and operates a smoke-free policy.
To submit your application for this exciting Arborist opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now!