Gardener

37.5 Hours per Week Active Staff is seeking a Gardener on a 28 week contract based in Newport. Applicants must hold a Full UK Driving Licence and have a minimum of 2 years relevant experience. Purpose: To work with our clients and ensure sites and outdoor spaces are maintained to the highest standards. The role will include using machinery and a company vehicle to travel between sites. Responsibilities: To use a high level of gardening skills to meet the horticultural standards within the specification and to undertake all horticultural operations, including: * Grassing cutting duties/strimming/hedge trimming/clearing leaves and litter * Planting out of bedding plants, trees and shrubs * Shrub bed planting and maintenance (e.g. pruning and division) * Application of chemicals * Maintenance, setting out and marking sports facilities * General soft landscaping works (e.g. top-soiling, cultivation, seeding, shrub-bed renewal etc.)