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The Liberty Pitch

Magic_Michu

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It is absolutely horrendous!

Ever since we moved to the Liberty the pitch has always been immaculate... pretty much as good the last day of the season to the first.

What’s gone wrong this year!?

Nathan Jones even commented after the game that sheep couldn’t even live on our pitch as there’s not enough grass.
 
I guess this is what happens when you employ ground staff on minimum wage?
 
Ridiculous really when you consider it's not 100% real and only now after 15 years it's problematic.
 
AceJack said:
PSumbler said:
I guess this is what happens when you employ ground staff on minimum wage?

We what now?

The club is advertising for ground staff and offering the princely sum of £9 an hour.
 
https://www.swanseacity.com/news/vacancies-grounds-persons

Swansea City has vacancies for two grounds people to join the club's ground staff.

The job description can be found below:

Department: Grounds Department.

Report to: Grounds Manager.

Contract Term: Fixed Term until May 31 2021.

Contract: 1 x Full Time (40 hours) & 1x Part Time (24 hours).

Hourly Rate: £9.01.

Working Hours: Flexible (Days, Evenings, Weekends).

Roles and Responsibilities

This will be an ideal opportunity for someone looking to gain hands-on experience working within an elite environment.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to develop and maintain the Liberty Stadium pitch and training grounds.

General duties will include, mowing, seeding and line marking.

General

Follow all Club Policies, such as Equality & Diversity, Health & Safety, Safeguarding, Anti-Corruption & Bribery and GDPR.
Make suggestions to improve the working environment and contribute to positive employee relations within your area of work and Swansea City Football Club as a whole.
To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other employees and members of the public who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work.
To comply with all aspects of the Swansea City Football Club Health and Safety Policy and Arrangements, to enable the Company to perform its civil and statutory obligations in relation to Health & Safety.
Ensure effective communication within your work team and across Swansea City whilst actively offering support and guidance, as necessary.
Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years’ experience working in a similar role, be self-motivated and have strong team working skills.
NVQ Level 2 in Sports Turf Maintenance and Safe Use of Pesticides Qualifications are desirable but not essential.
The closing date for this vacancy will be Monday, December 7 2020.

If you believe you have the right mix of skills for this position, please complete the Application Form available HERE or email Jobs@swanseacity.com to request an application form.

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Swansea City AFC strives to ensure it provides an environment where everyone's rights, dignity and individual worth is respected and takes a zero tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. Equal Opportunity is an integral part of our recruitment and selection process and we welcome applications from all individuals who feel they meet the core requirements of the role. We are particularly encouraging applications from women, disabled people and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals who are currently under-represented within the organisation. All appointments will be made on merit of skill and experience relative to the role.

The Company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people involved in activities and event at the Company. As part of the Company’s recruitment and selection process any offers of work involving working in regulated activity with children are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS Disclosure and barred list check (depending on the level of supervision, frequency and nature of contact with children). Appropriate references are also required.

Should an adequate number of applications be received prior to the closing date, Swansea City AFC reserve the right to remove this advert.

Due to a high demand in applications the Club will be unable to respond to those applicants who have not been shortlisted for interview.
 
It's the going rate for the job with that level of experience.
 
Badlands said:
It's the going rate for the job with that level of experience.

Do you know that to be fact?
 
Badlands said:
It's the going rate for the job with that level of experience.

Bud over the summer I couldn’t find someone to cut hedges for that money.
 
Badlands said:
It's the going rate for the job with that level of experience.

I doubt it mate, the bloke that cuts people’s lawns round here charges £20 for the privilege.
 
A company which had spent a couple of days a week full time on it, and instructed the groundstaff what to do during the other day, were told they were not needed back in the summer. The said company are also heavily involved with other clubs, and a few rugby pitches. Their pitches look immaculate.
Ours now is one of the worst in the Championship, if not the worst.
Get them back.
 
I was a greenkeeper at the royal porthcawl when I was 17-20 and the first year I was on way more than £9 an hour. This was also over 10 years ago, piss poor salary that is tbh
 
Didn't it have a major re-lay not that long ago (2018/19?)? Should have held up much better than it has, even though it's been wet.
 

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