Groundworker - Local Council

Salary: 15 per hour rising to 15.26 after 12 weeks.

Hours: 39 hrs per week 8am to 4:30 Monday to Thursday and 8am to 3:30 on Friday.

DBS check and Driving Licence are essential.

Duties:

• Digging by hand requiring bending turning stretching twisting and Lifting
• Post holes approx. 2ft deep
• Foundations approx. 2ft deep.
• Excavation for concrete approx. 1ft deep.
• Levelling by hand soil concrete hardcore.
• Process to lay concrete includes bending shovelling levelling of concrete leaning.
• Loading of materials on to vehicle.
• Manual Lifting including dead lifting and high level or unloading including manual transport from location to vehicle bending turning twisting.
• Fence panels 4ft 5ft 6ft
• Removal of broken concrete sections.
• Concrete fence posts (2man lift 50kg approx.)
• Timber fence posts
• Timber fencing feather edge cant rails timber gates (up to 25kg)
• Precast slabs 7kg 77kg (2 man lift if Req)
• Roll of chain link fencing (up to 40kg)
• Fly tipping removal including sofas tvs fridges freezers washing machines (2 man lift if required) loading items on to flatbed vehicle for disposal.
• Use of wheel barrow both loaded and unloaded. Some loads including wet concrete meaning difficulty in control over load.
• Lifting of loaded wheel barrow on to flatbed vehicle for disposal.
• Use of power tools including heavy duty breakers and light weight breakers petrol disc cutters whacker plates. Including transportation of these items.
• Use of hand tools including pick axes sledge hammer breaker bars brooms.

To apply for thisposition please submit an up to date CV and also call Alan for more details.