Services
Six areas of support for organisations running grounds, horticulture, waste, facilities and training operations. Each can be taken on its own or combined with the others.
Health and safety
Competent health and safety support for organisations whose work involves machinery, chemicals, working at height, steep ground and the public. The aim is a proportionate system that people follow, not paperwork for its own sake.
- Health and safety policies, management systems, processes and procedures
- Risk assessments and the selection of suitable controls
- Method statements and safe systems of work
- Audits, workplace inspections and depot inspections
Training and assessment
Practical training and assessment for the machinery your teams use, delivered against City & Guilds NPTC and LANTRA standards and arranged around your equipment, sites and working practices.
- City & Guilds NPTC training and assessment across relevant machinery disciplines
- LANTRA Awards training and assessment
- Horticultural machinery: pedestrian and ride-on mowers, tractors and attachments, trimmers, brushcutters, hedge trimmers, chippers, shredders and turf equipment
- Plant machinery, including excavator and loader operations
Quality assurance
Internal quality assurance and assessment support for centres and providers delivering horticulture, waste management and facilities qualifications, so that assessment decisions are consistent, fair and meet awarding organisation requirements.
- Internal quality assurance (IQA) for horticulture and waste management qualifications
- Sampling and standardisation of assessment decisions and evidence
- Preparation for, and support during, external quality assurance (EQA) visits
- End-point assessment (EPA) experience
Horticulture and grounds management
Operational and management support for parks, grounds maintenance, amenity horticulture, arboricultural works and sports surfaces, from someone who has run these services rather than only advised on them.
- Grounds maintenance across parks, open spaces, cemeteries and estates
- Amenity horticulture, supported by Level 4 knowledge and operational experience
- Management and coordination of arboricultural works
- Sports turf and playing surfaces
Waste and environmental management
Technical and operational support for organisations handling hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and for wider environmental compliance, from permit applications to day-to-day site management.
- Technically competent manager (TCM) support for permitted sites
- CoTC mentoring and coaching, including continuing competence
- Compliance audits and identification of improvement opportunities
- Hazardous waste storage and operational management
Facilities management
Facilities and estates support drawing on operational management of grounds, cleansing, facilities and environmental services, and on the IWFM Level 4 Diploma in Facilities Management.
- Facilities management support informed by IWFM Level 4
- Management of neighbourhood, environmental, grounds and facilities services
- Contractor management: specifications, monitoring and service standards
- Integrating health and safety and environmental compliance into facilities operations
Discuss your requirements
If the support you need is not listed, get in touch anyway. Many enquiries sit across more than one of these areas, and an initial conversation costs nothing.