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Horticulture Apprentice Crop Technician

Binsted Nursery Limited · Barnham · posted 13 July 2026

Wage
£25,857 a year
Hours
39 hours a week
Duration
2 Years
Level
Advanced (Level 3)
Standard
Crop technician (level 3)
Starts
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 August 2026
Positions
1

Apply on the official government service →No Apprentice League account needed — we never gate applications.

  • Reporting to the Technical manager and supported day to day by site supervisors and the wider team
  • Quarterly placements within each team
  • The first year focussed on developing the practical skills required within each team
  • Propagation - Taking and sticking cuttings, trimming stock plants to produce cutting material to schedule, sowing seed
  • Potting - Preparing plugs for potting, working on potting line, laying plants down in growing areas
  • Growing - Monitoring crops in set area, irrigation, pest and disease checks, monitoring the environment, ensuring cultural activities carried out to agreed standard including trimming, weeding, feeding, spacing, spraying (qualification part of apprenticeship programme)
  • Despatch - Selecting plants that fulfil specification, working on line to prepare plant to optimum condition and insert carecard, loading trolleys
  • The second year’s rotation designed to challenge, to build on the first year knowledge and achieve greater depth
  • Where practical this may include some tasks with additional responsibility and /or leading small teams

Your training

Level 2 Awards in:

  • Safe Use of Pesticides

On completion of the pesticides foundation unit above also choose one of the following units:

  • Boom sprayer, mounted, trailed or self-propelled equipment
  • Granular applicator equipment
  • Handheld applicator equipment
  • Level 3 award in Emergency First Aid at Work
  • Candidates Aged 16-18 must have GCSE English and maths at Grade 4/C or above (if taking GCSEs this year, predicted grades must be at Pass level for maths and English)
  • For candidates Aged 19+ (without GCSE English and maths), WCG will assess on an individual basis

Where it leads

  • Production Team Leader or Supervisor in Production, Despatch or Propagation, or a member of the Growing Team

About Binsted Nursery Limited

Binsted Nurseries Limited, part of the Farplants Group are a market
leading customer focussed organisation producing and supplying high quality potted herbs, bulbs and ornamental garden plants to the wholesale market. Binsted Nursery was founded in 1978 We are based
in West Sussex with 2 production sites.

Things to consider

You will be working at two sites. 

Binsted Nursery, Lake Lane, Barnham, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO22 0AL.

Binsted Nursery, Binsted Lane, Binsted, West Sussex, BN18 0LL.

Role involves working outside or under protected greenhouse structures where temperatures fluctuate with ambient weather conditions through the year. Need to be reasonably fit as role involves manual labour and walking around large sites. All crops are grown on the floor, regular bending to undertake essential tasks.

Skills they're looking for

Communication skillsAttention to detailOrganisation skillsProblem solving skillsPresentation skillsNumber skillsTeam workingInitiativePatiencePhysical fitness

Entry requirements

  • GCSE English, Maths (grade C/4+) — essential

Where you'll work

  • Binsted Nursery, Lake Lane, Barnham, West Sussex, PO22 0AL

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