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Preston Temple Gardener| Chorley, Preston Temple| Permanent | Part Time ( 24 hours)

Company
Location
Chorley, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/14/2025
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Description
Job Description

  • Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience.
  • Maintain standards established by the First Presidency.
  • Perform gardener/grounds keeping work, maintaining and caring for landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas.
  • Resolve routine questions and problems, and refer more complex issues to higher levels.
  • May assist with seasonal displays.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience by performing gardener/grounds keeping work, maintaining and caring for landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas.
  • Resolve routine questions and problems and refer more complex issues to higher levels.
  • May assist with seasonal displays
  • Mow lawns using hand and power mowers.
  • Maintains the original landscape plan by planting perennials, shrubs, and trees.
  • Trims and edges around walls, flower beds, and walks using hand clippers and power edging tools.
  • May operate heavy tractors and other large power equipment to maintain landscape.
  • Prune and shape shrubs and trees to provide optimum growth efficiency of plants and enhance beauty of grounds.
  • Spray lawns, shrubs, and trees for disease, weed, and insect control, and perform regular fertilization as needed, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Responsible to see that all power equipment and machines are properly maintained.
  • Provide guidance to volunteers in the maintenance of grounds.
  • Water lawn and garden areas.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Previous experience in grounds maintenance, horticulture, gardening, agriculture, landscape design, or related field.
  • Knowledge of various plants and fertilizers.
  • Ability to follow directions, work independently and with a team.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds (22.68 Kgs).
  • Full UK driving licence.

Desirable Qualifications (Preferred But Not Essential)

  • NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture or an equivalent qualification
  • NPTC Spraying Certificates: PA1 and PA6
  • Chainsaw Certification: NPTC CS30, CS31B, and CS36, or LANTRA equivalent

Only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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