Grounds Maintenance Worker

HMP Kirkham

Shift Times: 37 Hours per week, Monday to Thursday 07:45 - 16:45 Friday 07:45 - 12:45

Pay Rate: £15.40 standard hourly rate

Temporary contract for 3 months minimum

Summary

The job holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the grounds and amenity areas within the estate.
This is a non-operational job with no line management or supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Carry out soft landscaping - turf laying and hard landscaping - laying patio stones
  * Maintain establishment''s grounds and amenity areas including maintenance of lawns, ponds, water features and external grounds to the establishment including woodland
  * Work inside/outside establishment grounds: cutting, mowing and maintaining areas in accordance with accepted practice
  * Maintain sports fields, as per agreed plan, with both the Land based Activities Manager and PE Department
  * Carry out pest control preventative measures across area of responsibility
  * Undertake small project work as advised/requested: including soft and hard landscape development and erection of horticultural support structures where the situation warrants
  * Maintain correct soil husbandry, ensuring all stages of crop development are followed in accordance with good horticultural practice
  * Maintain the growing plant/crop to ensure optimum development and/or cropping, ensuring that the plants needs are fully met
  * Provide safe access and exits to the estate
  * Supervise prisoners parties and undertake quality control over their work, as agreed within the Service Delivery Agreement (SDA)

Undertake other trades tasks to:

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  Ensure allocated planned maintenance and small repairs are carried out, undertaking service requests raised by computer aided facilities management system
  * Undertake survey inspections in confined spaces and at height, recording all work and completing associated registers/logs
  * Carry out project work as required
  * Advise on sufficient levels of stock and request procurement of goods and services, and ensure all materials used are logged and are fit for purpose.
  * Escort technical contractors as required, working with and supervising them in accordance with Local Security Strategy (LSS)
  * Maintain regular communications via radio net in accordance with the LSS.
  * Undertake the role of banksman, directing the operation of plant equipment and/or machinery
  * Be responsible for all tools and plant machinery, carrying out checks at regular intervals and completing all relevant documentation in accordance with the LSS and National Security Framework (NSF)
  * Comply with all Health and Safety policies, procedures and legislation to ensure statutory and mandatory compliance.
  * Drive estates vehicles and operate plant equipment
  * Carry out locking duties as required
  * Operate within command mode in line with local contingency plans
  * Undertake incidental and emergency or urgent tasks and assignments as per Service Delivery Agreement timescales, in a safe manner
  * Assemble products on site as required
  * Contribute to prisoner reports, including parole and sentence planning.

The duties