Employment Opportunities with Green Mantle
Green Mantle employs people who have both experience of voluntary conservation work as well as a more formal education in conservation/ecology. Seasonal Estate Workers undertake habitat management supervised by a Team Leader. There is equal emphasis placed on quality of life and maintaining consistently high standards of workmanship.
Sample Job Description
We advertise through the Job Centre and through the Countryside Jobs Service bulletin every year May/June for August appointments, running until end March, possibly longer. You can telephone the CJS on 01947 896007, or visit their website. Below is a typical job description:
JOB: Nature Conservation Estate Workers
LOCATION: Mendip Hills & Somerset Levels
EMPLOYER: Green Mantle (Ecosophy) Limited
DESCRIPTION:
Exciting opportunities to gain invaluable experience of countryside management and discover extensive networking possibilities. Full-time people required to join small dynamic team undertaking hedge-laying, fencing, coppicing, tree planting, footpath maintenance and scrub clearance, mainly on SSSIsSKILLS REQUIRED:
Essential
- Work Experience & a high degree of practical aptitude
- Qualified in nature conservation/ecology
- N.P.T.C. Chainsaw certificate Unit 31
- Physically fit and willing to work outdoors in all weathers
- Suitable transport and be prepared to live locally
Desirable
- N.P.T.C. Herbicide Certificate Units PA1 & PA6A
- First Aid Certificate
- Deep Ecological approach
Legislation Compliance
All of our Human Resources Management and Health and Safety Management is outsourced to a private company to ensure that we always comply with the latest legislation (we are registered with the HSE).
