Job Application Form • Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo

First please tell us which job you are applying for

Personal Details

Full name*

First Last

Preferred name

Home address*

Please enter your full address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Home telephone number

Please enter your home landline if you have one

Mobile number*

Email*

UK National Insurance number*

Nationality

Staff will be required to produce evidence of nationality and entitlement to work within the UK in accordance with current legislation.

Do you have a valid UK driving license?

Please tick all that apply

Full
None/ Provisional
HGV
PSV
Forklift
Other

Do you have any convictions?

Do you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not defined as ‘protected’ by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013)?

Yes
No

If yes, please provide details

Due to the nature of our business, you may require a standard or enhanced disclosure check by the Criminal Records Bureau.

Do you agree to undergo a DBS check?

Yes
No

Folly Farm operates a Drug and Alcohol Misuse Policy

Do you agree to undergo drug and alcohol test?

Yes
No

Education and Training

Educational qualifications

GCSEs, O Levels, NVQs, A Levels, GNVQs, Degrees, etc.

Any other relevant skills/ training/ courses

Do you speak any other languages?

Yes
No

If Yes, please list languages along with levels of proficiency

e.g. basic, fluent. Includes sign language.

Are you a registered First Aider?

Yes
No

If Yes, please supply details of your certification and expiry

Are you a student?

Yes
No

If Yes, where are you studying?

Employment

Have you previously been employed by Folly Farm Leisure Ltd?

Yes
No

If Yes, please provide details

Please list your previous employments, starting with your most recent Employer one

Dates employed

Position

Salary

Reason for leaving

Employer two

Dates of employment

Position

Salary

Reason for leaving

Other employers

Please include all details above

Do you have any friends or relatives working at Folly Farm?

Yes
No

If yes, please provide details

Health

We are asking you to complete this section of the application form to ensure that we are aware of any health problems that might impact on your ability to undertake the work you have applied for.

During the last 12 months how many days have you been absent from work/ education through sickness?

Do you have any health problems or disabilities that may affect your work or that would require assistance at interview?

Yes
No

If yes, please provide details

Availability

Please supply dates you are available to work.

Start date

End date

Are there any restrictions on your availability during this period?

Holidays, sporting events, examinations, weddings, specific dates etc.

Yes
No

If yes, please provide details

Please note that as Folly Farm is a seasonal tourist attraction, we are unable to consider anyone for employment who has commitments or holidays booked during the UK school summer holidays.

Please indicate the number of hours you are available in a week.

Please indicate the days of the week you are available:

Any day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Other

Which departments would you like to be considered for? Please indicate your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice

Retail

Food and beverage

Zoo

Operations

Farm

If you are applying for a position that is not indicated above, please state the title below:

How would you travel to work?

Own transport
Public transport
Lift with family
Lift with other staff
Other

If "Other" please state

What qualities do you have to be able to provide excellent guest service?

What are your hobbies and interests?

Are you a smoker?

Smokers are welcome to apply for posts and their applications will be treated on the same basis as non-smokers. Candidates should be aware that smoking is prohibited to staff whilst on Folly Farm property and applicants are advised to discuss this at interview if necessary.

Yes
No

References

Please give details of a referee (preferably a previous employer) whom we may contact about your application. If you do not have a previous employer, please nominate a character referee who is not a member of your family and has known you for over 2 years.

Full name of referee

Position

Telephone number

Company

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code

If you do not wish us to contact this referee before interview please tick the box

I do not

Declarations

To the best of my knowledge, I declare that the information given in this application is correct. I understand any misrepresentation of facts may lead to dismissal if my employment application is successful.

Signature

Name

Date

Please note that it is not possible for us to acknowledge every application form. If you do not hear from us within 21 days of returning this form, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act?

You should declare a disability, if you perceive yourself as being at a disadvantage in obtaining, keeping or advancing your employment due to physical, sensory, mental, dietary, communicative, psychiatric, allergic or other impairment

Yes
No

Equal opportunities monitoring

Folly Farm Leisure Ltd is committed to promoting equality and diversity. In particular we seek to ensure that people are treated equitably regardless of their gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origins, age, disability, socio-economic background, religion, marital status, family responsibility, sexual orientation or any other inappropriate distinction. In order to monitor the impact of this policy it is necessary to collect information from all employees and job applicants on key characteristics, which relate to equality and diversity in employment. No information given in this section is used to assist in the recruitment decision.

Gender

Male
Female
Prefer Not to Answer

Age

Marital status

Single
Married
Divorced
Separated
Widowed

Dependents

Yes
No

Age of dependants

0-3
4-6
7-10
11-14
15-18
Still in education

Ethnicity

You are asked to classify yourself in the category, which you feel most describes your origin. If none of the specific groups are suitable please mark the relevant other and, if you wish, specify your ethnicity.

White

British
Irish
Other*

Mixed background

Asian and white
Black African and white
Black Carribean and white
Other*

Black/Black British

African
Carribean
Other*

Asian/Asian British

Indian
Bangladeshi
Pakistani
Other*

Chinese/Oriental

Chinese/Chinese British
Oriental
Other*

Other*

If you wish, please specify your ethnic background

Upload a file

Please feel free to upload a covering letter and/or a copy of your CV (if you have one) in support of your application.

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 2 MB.

Declaration

By ticking this box you are consenting to us capturing and storing the information you provide in this application form for up to 12 months for unsuccessful applicants and for seven years following a period of employment. We need to capture and store this information to contact you for an interview and to include in your employment file if you are successful. We store application forms of unsuccessful applicants for 12 months so we have a record of whether someone has applied recently. After these time periods have passed we will permanently delete/safely dispose of the application forms.

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