Area Operative
Job description
To be responsible for carrying out a range of street service activities ensuring that a high standard of street cleansing and grounds maintenance is achieved.
To carry out Street Services activities as required. This includes:
- Street Sweeping (manual or with pedestrian controlled sweeper)
- Mechanical street sweeping
- Litter picking
- Leaf clearance, weed and detritus removal
- Removal of graffiti and fly posting
- Clearance of fly tipping
- Emptying of litter and dog waste bins
- Removal of dead animals
- Safe collection and disposal of hazardous waste such as needles or other sharp items
- Grass cutting (using pedestrian or ride-on mowers)
- Strimming
- Hedge trimming and winter maintenance pruning
- Path edging
- Weed spaying (if certified)
- Supporting arboriculture work as required
- Checking the safety of play equipment and reporting defects as necessary
Under take duties using hand tools including, but not limited to:
- Blowers
- Strimmers
- Hedge cutters
- Pole saws
- Chainsaws
- Mowers (pedestrian or ride on)
- Rotavators
- Wood chippers