Job Description

1 Ensure grounds and horticultural areas are maintained in accordance with the required standards and carrying out the instructions of the Team Leader/Parks and Cemeteries Supervisor.

2 Operate and maintain tools and equipment required to carry out any of the duties pertaining to the post, ensuring daily safety checks are completed.

3 Carry out routine maintenance activities including litter and leaf collection, hedge cutting, planting, sweeping, weed control operations, grass cutting, shrub/tree pruning, floral planting, watering hanging baskets, maintaining pitches/sports area, administering fertilisers/spraying pesticides and any other grounds or cemetery maintenance activities required in the delivery of the service.

4 Undertake duties in the Nursery, for example, making up hanging baskets; prepare cut flower and other displays; sow seeds; take cuttings etc.

5 Routine constructional labouring, including backfilling graves and topping up sunken graves.

6 Carry out routine maintenance of plant and equipment including daily checks on oil, water, fuel, tyres to ensure that plant and equipment are kept clean and operational condition.

7 Routine cleaning of buildings, toilets, showers, changing rooms, community areas and pavilions.

8 Removal of litter and hazardous waste (e.g. Animal carcasses) from shorelines, beaches and waterways, ensuring correct disposal.

9 Completion of written and computerised records (e.g in-house systems, accidents, defects and safety checks.

10 Inspect and maintain playground area e.g replace damaged swings; repair fencing.

11 Taking booking for activities/facilities in the area (e.g caravan park, special events), taking and receipting of monies where appropriate.

12 Hold keys to allocated building, ensuring security of same and public access where appropriate.

13. Implement adverse weather programmes i.e. salt/flooding when required.

14. In the event of inclement weather preventing normal working undertake such alternative tasks as may be allocated by management.

15. Delivery and collection of requested items, including erecting stands/displays when necessary.

16. Ensuring Health and Safety requirements are adhered to as per Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council\'s Strategy

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