Arborist Wanted - Oswestry

Tree Surgery jobs in Shropshire

What will your day look like… 

• Carrying out vegetation management and tree works across the Scottish Power Energy network
• Performing aerial tree pruning, dismantling, and felling in line with safety regulations and utility standards
• Operating chainsaws, woodchippers, MEWPs and other specialist equipment
• Maintaining safety and quality standards on every job site
• Supporting team members and helping develop apprentices/new staff where appropriate
• Working at height using rope and harness or MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platform) to safely perform aerial tree work

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Preferred Skills

Qualifications Required…

• Key Mandatory Utility Arb NPTC Qualifications
  0039-20 to 23: Chainsaw Maintenance, Small Tree Felling, Climb Trees & Perform Aerial Rescue, Chainsaw from a Rope & Harness. 0020-61: Woodchipper

• Further desirable Utility Arb NPTC Qualifications 
  0039-31 to 38: Aerial Pruning & Rigging, Medium & Large Tree Felling, Individual & Multiple Windblown, Chainsaw from a MEWP & 0038-35 MEWP Working. 301 Utility Arb Basic Electrical Knowledge

• Emergency First Aid at Work & Forestry First Aid
  Typical Utility Arb NPTC Progression Training upon Recruitment
  302 to 305: Tree Species Recognition, Ground & Aeriel Pruning, Assisted Fell and Pole Top Rescue

Benefits Offered

What’s in it for you… 

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private GP Helpline & Health Cash Plan 
• Avove Discount Scheme 
• Family friendly policies
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options 
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues 
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

About the Company

Avove LTD

We are a leading infrastructure services and engineering company that aims to move life forward.

We embrace the future, creating sustainable utility infrastructure solutions that help improve people’s lives, grow the economy and transform communities. We are passionate about the areas where we work and live and aim to support them by leaving a positive legacy, engaging with our colleagues, clients and communities along the journey so they feel proud of what we do every day.

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