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Title

Display Gardens LTV

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Sectors Sustainability, Climate, CSR, EMS
Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Water Resources
Location Wales (West) - UK
Town/City Machynlleth
Salary Additional Information Volunteer
Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level Voluntary & Interns
Deadline 07/01/2011
Company Name Centre for Alternative Technology
Contact Name Michelle Clarke
Telephone 01654 705955
Email michelle.clarke@cat.org.uk
Website Further Details / Applications
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Directory Entry : CAT is an education and visitor centre which demonstrates practical solutions for sustainability. We cover all aspects of green living: environmental building, eco-sanitation, woodland management, renewable energy, energy efficiency and organic growing.
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Description

Introduction

 

With over 35 years experience, CAT is dedicated to informing, inspiring and enabling in the field of sustainability through a diverse range of activities. The Centre offers information and education and has a visitor and conference centre. We attract around 60,000 people a year and employ more than 100 dedicated and creative staff.

 

Based in beautiful mid-Wales, the Centre overlooks the Snowdonia National park, renowned for its stunning scenery and outdoor activities. Within easy reach of the local beaches and University town of Aberystwyth, Machynlleth has a vibrant local community, has a lively arts and music scene and is a great place for families.

 

About the LTV Scheme

 

Volunteers are extremely important to the work at CAT and the achievements over the last 30 years simply wouldn't have happened without the hard work, inspiration and dedication of the initial idealists who founded the centre in 1975.

 

Long Term Volunteers (LTV’s) come every March and September to work full time for 6 months in various departments across CAT.  Whilst gaining hands-on valuable work experience and learning more about sustainability during their unpaid placement, individuals make a valuable contribution to the work of CAT which is highly appreciated.

 

LTV’s find accommodation locally and need to be completely self funding.  Anyone is welcome to apply but you must be over 18 years old. 

 

Interested individuals should consider the different roles and apply for these unpaid placements by filling in our application form or alternatively sending a CV and a thorough covering letter explaining your motivation for volunteering, why you would be suitable for the role and any information that could be useful in your application.  Please clearly state which role you are applying for.  You are welcome to apply for more than one position but please indicate this in your application and explain, for each role, why you would like to do this role. 

 

Please see www.cat.org.uk/jobs for details of each of the roles and www.cat.org.uk/volunteers for more information about the LTV scheme.

 

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us, 01654 705955, vacancy@cat.org.uk  

 

 

About the Display Gardens department

 

The Display Gardens Department manages the productive and ornamental garden displays in the 7 acre visitor centre. Our gardens have organic certification, and our work demonstrates how organic gardening is achievable and fun, as well as good for the planet. We overlap and co-operate with many other departments, particularly the Productive Gardens, Displays, Biology, and Site Maintenance.

 

About the job

 

As a display gardens volunteer you will learn all aspects of gardening (relevant to the time of year) including propagation, vegetable and fruit cultivation, maintenance of ornamentals, wildlife gardening, turf care and landscaping with a view to creating attractive and inspiring displays for our visitors.

 

Responsibilites

 

Tasks may include the following.

  • Involvement in tasks across the department.
  • Maintenance of gardens across site.
  • General gardening tasks including weeding, sowing, watering, potting on, planting, digging, building and pruning, amongst other tasks.
  • Landscaping as required.
  • If you come with a particular interest then discuss it with us and it is often possible to incorporate it into your work here.
  • Keep all work areas safe and tidy.
  • Take reasonable care of your own Health and Safety and of others with whom you are working.
  • Other tasks as required.

 

Person Specification

  • Flexible with an enthusiastic and positive disposition
  • Capacity to work in a team and on own intiative
  • Empathy with the ethos and core values of the organisation
  • Keen and willing to learn
  • Able to work outside in all weathers
  • Able to do heavy physical workFlexible with an enthusiastic and positive disposition

 

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