Woodsperson (Cornwall)

Salary: £26,000pa (depending on experience)
Location: Approximately 8 miles from Truro, Cornwall
Vacancy listed: 13/03/2025
Application deadline: 31/03/2025

About Us

The Tregothnan Estate is a private family home with a world-renowned botanical garden and woodland. The Estate has a team of maintenance, gardening, forestry and joinery employees that maintain the core estate and manage the beautiful surroundings which are on the edge of the River Fal. The Estate also has a substantial portfolio of residential, commercial, and agricultural properties and in-hand farming business.

The Estate is diverse in its activities and the job roles it provides. The teams have a great community spirit, the surroundings are inspiring, and the work is always interesting. Working at Tregothnan is being part of Cornwall’s heritage and its modern future.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Woodsperson to join our small, friendly, and established team, at a very exciting time in the history of woodland management of the Estate. The work is varied and covers all aspects of woodland management, in predominantly broadleaf woodland.

Duties include:

- Planting, maintenance and establishment of new and recently planted trees.
- Thinning and small-scale harvesting / woodland restructuring.

About You

You will need:

- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in woodland management, including the use of associated machinery.
The ability to demonstrate a wide range of silvicultural (the growing and cultivation of trees) skills and knowledge.
- A good health & safety awareness.
- A passion for the outdoors and working in this environment.
- The ability to learn and develop new skills and work safely within a team.
- A full clean driving licence and own transport, as we are in a rural location, with no public transport links.

Benefits

- Salary from £26,000pa depending on experience.
- Possibility of accommodation to rent.
- 40 hrs pw, Mon-Fri, 7.45am-4.15pm.
- 21 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Health care cash back plan.
- Discount scheme with high street and online retailers.
- Salary sacrifice homeware, tech and cycle to work schemes.
- Chainsaw and pesticide spraying training will be provided.

Notes

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For further information please see job description (see 'Documents’ tab), and if you have any queries, please contact Lisa Fitzgerald.