Grounds Maintenance Pathway

• Face of the Council
• Maintain standards locally
• Keep fit and healthy outdoors

• You will provide a front line/first call responsive grounds maintenance service
• You may be keeping communal areas clean and tidy, recording and reporting  relevant information in accordance with company policies, procedures and service standards
• You could be providing a full ground maintenance service e.g. grass cutting, pruning, weeding, spraying etc. to various estates/properties
• You may be undertaking regular inspections as directed of communal areas, playground areas and playground equipment, noting and reporting Health and Safety breaches.

Key skills include:

• Hard working
• Self motivated
• Reliable
• Friendly
• Positive attitude
• IT literary and driving licence may be desirable, but not essential
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written (English).
• Previous experience in grounds environment.
• Knowledge of relevant machinery.
• A strong customer focused approach.
• Be able to work without supervision.
• Be able to follow a schedule and work to deadlines.
• Good timekeeping and personal presentation skills.
• Ability to implement Health and Safety requirements to ensure safe working practices.

We offer:

• A package of careers advice, role specific training, coaching and choice of entry level roles

• Ground Maintenance Staff

• Grounds maintenance workers who have good communication skills may become crew leaders or advance into other supervisory positions. Becoming a manager or a landscape contractor may require some formal education and several years of related work experience. Some workers use their experience to start their own landscaping companies.

• Waltham Forest Services