A job advert for a council-owned company says it would be an advantage to speak Polish – in Wales . The £6.50-an-hour jobs are for 'recycling operatives ' at waste company Cwm Environmental , in Carmarthen , which is owned by Labour-led Carmarthenshire County Council . The advert says : 'The ability to speak and understand Polish is an advantage but not essential . ' There is no mention of speaking Welsh . Council-owned waste management company Cwm Environmental in Carmarthen , Wales , has put out a job advert in which it states : 'The ability to speak and understand Polish is an advantage but not essential ' However , 30 of Cwm 's 100 workers are from Eastern Europe , mostly Poland . Cwm said it made sense for them to be able to communicate in Polish for health and safety reasons . The council said the firm was entirely responsible for recruitment . But Welsh Tories said local workers were being disadvantaged . A spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives said : 'This is an extraordinary attempt by a Labour-run council to recruit migrant workers , at the likely expense of local jobseekers who speak English or Welsh . 'Ed Miliband promised to ban recruitment agencies which try to undercut local wages by hiring only migrant workers , yet here is a Labour-led council aiming a job advert at Polish speakers - with such rank hypocrisy , it 's no wonder voters ca n't trust Ed Miliband on immigration . 'Putting local workers at a competitive disadvantage and exploiting foreign workers is clearly beyond the pale . ' Official figures show more than 40 per cent of the population of Carmarthenshire speak Welsh as well as English - but there is no mention of speaking Welsh in the advert . Waste firm Cwm Environmental , in Carmarthen , Wales , ( above ) put out the advert for 'recycling operatives ' . The company said it made sense for staff to be able to communicate in Polish for health and safety reasons . A spokesperson for Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru said : 'We are saddened that the council does not always place the same emphasis on the need to be able to communicate through the medium of Welsh when delivering public services . ' The council insists it has no involvement in the everyday running of the company . John Rees , managing director of Cwm , said : 'We are an arms ' length company and the council could not interfere in operational matters like recruitment policy . 'Around 30 of our 100 workers are from eastern Europe , the great majority from Poland . They are very good and reliable workers . 'There are health and safety considerations and it makes sense for workers to be able to communicate in Polish . '
Council-owned company has put job advert out for 'recycling operatives ' Advert says : 'The ability to speak and understand Polish is an advantage ' eastern Europe firm based in Wales but ad states no preference for Welsh speakers .