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Forest Craftsperson - Chase, United Kingdom - Forestry Commission

Forestry Commission

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Chase, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £23,098

This post also may include an additional allowance

Job grade:

Administrative Officer
Pay Band 6b
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
FC
Forestry Commission England
East England Forest District, Thames Beat
Type of role:
Environment and Sustainability
Working pattern:
Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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About the job

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Location

Thames Chase Forest CentreAbout the job

Job summary:

This role is ideal for a practical person wishing to develop their forestry, countryside management and arboriculture skills and experience.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is keen to learn and has a good understanding of health and safety related to forestry work and a "can do" attitude, who will be a passionate ambassador for Forestry England.

Job description:

General forest maintenance work and various habitat management work across the 11 Thames Beat sites, including Jeskyns Community Woodland. This will include fencing repairs, woodland creation, silviculture, woodland and grassland habitat management, maintenance and monitoring
Working effectively as part of a team, and when requested responding quickly to unexpected work and issues raised by supervisors
Forest establishment and maintenance work, including, tree planting, shelter maintenance, weeding, loss assessment, tree guard removal, beat up surveys, and watering
Operate equipment such as chainsaws, pole saws, hedge cutters, petrol mowers, brushcutters and strimmers to manage forest structure, rides, paths and site infrastructure for the visiting public
Maintaining and improving public access, which includes regular, routine inspections of access areas, removing litter, reporting health and safety issues, resolving problems under own initiative and escalating issues to the Community Ranger and Beat Manager
Maintaining signage within the forest (e.g. pathway markers, information boards, car park signs) to ensure they are clean and in good order
Supporting tree tariffing and thinning operations
Supporting tree felling, processing and extraction
Providing support to deliver volunteer and corporate volunteer work parties when needed, which may include some evening and weekend work
Representing Forestry England, supporting educational visits and leading guided walks (which may include working weekends and bank holidays), where required
It is expected that the post holder may work weekends and evenings should operational needs require this

Person specification:

Essential

Experience of outdoor practical work within a countryside management, arboriculture or forestry or a related industry
A good understanding of health and safety issues relating to forestry and public access to estates
Demonstrable enthusiasm for practical work in the countryside and forestry sector
A good understanding of forestry, nature conservation and countryside issues in general, how these relate to the objectives of Forestry England
A familiarity with a variety of forestry hand tools / power tools and ability to demonstrate competence in their use
A clean UK driving licence.

Desirable

Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Arboriculture
Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture
T Level in Agriculture, Land Management and Production
Certificates of competency and experience in the operation and maintenance of a brushcutter/strimmer
Certificates of competency and experience in basic chainsaw use, maintenance and cross cutting, NPTC 201,202 & 203 (CS30, CS31)

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service

Benefits:

We pride ourselves on being a progressive and inclusive organisation, with a wide range of benefits including:

A generous holiday entitlement - **25 days holiday + 2.5 days extra leave in addition to Bank Holidays. Option to buy or sell 2 days holiday and carry forward a holiday allowance.

Substantial training, development and volunteering opportunities - 5 days a year allocated to your own learning and development. 3 days volunteering per year within working hours.

Employee Assistance Programme - **The EAP gives you access to practical and emotional support whether this is personal or work-related.

A 'defined benefit' civil service pension scheme -
With company contributions of at least 20% **of your salary towards your pension every month.

Cycle to work scheme - You can buy vouchers which can be used in 1,000 of bike stores.

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