Horticultural Foreman

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• Overall supervision and management of staff, contractors, landscape areas and grounds, sports fields and facilities

• Financial planning/budgeting for specified site/area

• Overall planning, organizing, leading and control of resources

• Maintain and improve irrigation systems

• Swimming pools maintenance

• Prepare grounds and flowerbeds for fertilizing

• Manage the pruning and fertilizing schedule of plants/shrubs

• Manage weed and pest control schedule on flower beds and shrubs

• Arrange for gardening rubble to be removed

• Ensure that water channels and drainage systems are regularly cleaned

• Determine schedule for planting and transplanting of flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns

• Oversee all horticultural affairs in order to accommodate seasonal changes including the life-span of basal coverings

• Take responsibility for store keeping duties

• Internal and external liaison with clients, staff, management, departments, suppliers and contractors

• Perform administrative duties relating to own responsibilities such correspondence, filing, keeping of records, and compiling reports

• Enforce SHE compliance