HR89/130 - FOREST CRAFTSPERSON (X2)

 

Post 1: Permanent, full time, based at Kings Wood Yard, nr Challock, Kent,
Post 2: 1 year full-time, Fixed Term Appointment, which may be extended or made permanent, based at Micheldever Office, Winchester, Hants

£15,243 and benefits - a  higher starting salary may be offered if you have qualifications and/or experience considered to be of exceptional special value.

You’ll join teams in both areas helping to maintain and enhance estate holdings using a full range of practical and forestry skills, including chainsaw/ clearing saw work and pesticide application. You must have experience of practical work and a clear understanding of forest operations and safety standards.  NVQ/NPTC qualifications would be welcome.  You’ll undergo HAVS (Hand and Arm Vibration Syndrome) and Audio testing if successful. The duties of this post require that applicants hold a full driving licence that enables them to drive in the UK. However, the Forestry Commission is willing to consider any proposals put forward by disabled applicants, whose disability prevents them from driving, that would allow them to do the job by another means.

Benefits include a Civil Service Pension or stakeholder pension scheme, 25 days annual leave and flexible working options.

Please click on the job specification to view further details regarding this post.

To download the forms please click on application pack.

To request a hard copy of the application forms, please write to Shireen West, HR Services, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT.

Please note all applications must be accompanied by a Forestry Commission application form.

Please quote ref: HR89/130

No recruitment agencies please.

Closing date: 21 November 2008.

The Forestry Commission is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all age groups and sectors of the community.