Arborist Climber Hitchin, England (United Kingdom) Full Time£26,000 - £34,000 (GBP)

John O'Conner (GM) Ltd

About the Company

Founded in 1969, John O’Conner is a privately owned company that keeps people at its heart. We are dedicated to the continuous development of each and every employee, and that commitment is reflected by the high-quality services we deliver to our clients.
Operating throughout the UK, we provide extensive Arboriculture, grounds maintenance and landscaping services to both public and private sectors.

About the job

At JOC Arb we believe in delivering a high quality product whilst supporting a good work life balance for our staff as well as providing the best equipment, uniform and PPE for all our colleagues. You won’t find yourself working 50 hour weeks or rushing to get jobs finished in the dark. With an excellent variety of clients and work streams every day will be different and with our excellent supply chain mechanised support will be available to reduce your manual handling. We want our arborists to have long and successful careers and offer progression into team leader, supervisor and tree surveying roles

What we can offer:

A full time permanent contract (subject to successful probationary period)

Company Uniform and top of the range PPE as well as new, regularly replaced equipment, plant and vehicles

Excellent rates of pay commensurate with skills, qualifications and experience

Regular employee reviews, training and development opportunities. Annual training plans are provided for all staff members including all required refresher training and training and CPD to further your arboricultural knowledge

Opportunities for further development exist as we are a sustainable and growing arboricultural contractor

Preferred Skills

You will need to hold NPTC qualifications for ground based and aerial chainsaw activities including as a minimum CS30, CS31, CS38, CS39 as well as chipper operation and maintenance and an in date emergency first aid certificate (preferably arb/forestry specific).

A level 2 qualification in Arboriculture would be an advantage as would certificates in rigging operations and MEWP competency, New Roads and Street Works act certification.

As well as being a competent climber with a minimum of 2 years climbing experience you will have a keen focus on safe working practice, care and maintenance of arboricultural plant, vehicles and equipment and a passion for high quality tree care.

You must be focused, committed and hard working and as well as being resourceful and able to work well with others should be a motivator and an independent self starter

A full driving licence is required as a minimum and 2 references will be required

Training available for the right candidate – attitude and commitment to high standards of quality, health and safety are of the foremost importance.

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