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Street Care Operative - Hart
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, requires an experienced person to undertake Street Cleansing and grounds maintenance duties within the district of Hart.
Clean and well-maintained open spaces and residential areas are important to the council and residents, and you will help to ensure that our street cleansing and grounds maintenance services continue to meet expectations.
Based at our Springwell Lane depot, you will undertake a variety of tasks which include
- Litter collection
- Sweeping
- Emptying of litterbins
- Collection of fly tipped waste
- Grass cutting
- Formal and informal Shrub bed maintenance.
- Hedge cutting
- Weed management
- Operating, maintaining and cleaning grounds maintenance and horticultural equipment, including hand tools, strimmers, hedge-cutters, pedestrian and ride on mowers, and any other machinery required to undertake allocated tasks.
- Compliance with safety and all relevant legislation, in particular the control of Vibration at Works Regulations 2005 and PUWER Regulations 1998.
As a Steet Care Operative you need to have a full and clean UK driving licence.
Joining our Operations Team, we require you to be flexible as staff may asked to provide cover in other teams or areas.
Every single employee at Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council makes a difference and we are proud to say we go beyond for them as an employer, so they go beyond for our residents to deliver excellent services.
What benefits do we offer?
At Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council we offer a wide range of employee benefits to recognise your valued contribution:
- Generous annual leave allowance plus bank holidays
- Local government pension scheme and Life Assurance
- Salary sacrifice schemes for bicycles and electric cars
- Access to discounts at nationwide retailers through our ‘BOOST’ perks discount site
- Funded healthcare cash plan including optical and dental cover
- Free flu vaccination vouchers
- Access to a free and confidential employee assistance program
- Support towards a variety of training, including professional qualifications, apprenticeships and wider technical and soft skill development courses
The council signs up to the Disability Confident scheme (formerly known as the ‘Two Ticks’ scheme). If you have declared a disability on the application form we can guarantee you an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of our community.