Benjamin Ogunsanwo
Bromley,London
Summary
I am a Hardworking Groundsman with experience maintaining safe, quality sports turf and gardens through focused maintenance and good cultural practice. I'm passionate proactive and flexible to meet the needs of the role. Physically fit and happy working outdoors for all-weather support.
I have over a decade of customer facing experience from building and gardens to sales and customer service. Confident communicating with clients and co-workers to ensure the highest quality work and satisfaction. I take instruction well and can also supervise maintenance.
Clean driving licence and comfortable driving large vehicles and tippers, as well as operating trade machinery.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work history
Groundsman
Alleyn's School
London
02.2022 - Current
- Maintenance and renovation of sports turf for football and cricket.
- Cutting and maintenance of hedges, plants, all grass areas and non grass playing surfaces.
- Monitoring and treating turf for pests, diseases and disorders
- Use of all tools associated with grounds and garden maintenance, including Tractors with PTO implements, petrol and manual tools and a variety of ride-on and pedestrian mowers.
- Fertilisation schedules.
- Turfing and soft landscaping.
- Communicating and coordinating with teachers and sports staff regarding fixtures and maintenance needs.
- Building and maintaining sports equipment and facilities.
- Working alongside the gardens team to assist with garden maintenance tasks.
- Ensure tasks are completed in a timeley manner to ensure facilitation of internal and external event lettings.
- Maintaining and utilising irrigation systems and methods around site e.g sprinklers, hoses, traveling sprinklers and trickle hoses.
Grounds maintenance operative
Just Ask
London
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Cutting hedges and grass of residential areas.
- Regular use of Petrol equipment including strimmers, mowers hedge cutters etc.
- Planting and weeding flower beds.
- Edging.
- Clearing leaves and salting walkways.
- Liasing with residents regarding maintenance needed.
- Litter picking.
- Driving vans/flatbeds to and from sites.
Grounds maintenance operative
Phoenix
London
06.2019 - 07.2021
- Weeding flower beds.
- Planting seasonal arrangments in beds throughout the year.
- Cutting and strimming residential green areas.
- Use of padestrian and ride-on mowers.
- Loading and transporting cuttings to the tip.
- Clearing and cutting redidential gardens and hedges
- Attending Capel manor college once a week for horticultural course.
Education
Level 2 Sports turf maintenance - Horticulture
Kiets
Tractor Driving -
Lantra Awards
London 03.2023 - 03.2023
NVQ Level 2 - Horticulture
Capel Manor
LondonNVQ Level 2 - Business
NCFE
LondonBasic life saving and CPR
NHS
LondonSkills
- Good horticultural knowledge
- Specialise in turf maintenance and turfing
- Propagation, planting and establishing flower beds
- Hedge cutting, strimming, edging and mowing
- Experienced with a range of ride-on mowers including tractor mounted
- Soft landscape experience
- Willingness to learn and improve skills
- Strong communication skills
- Reliable and hard working with attention detail
- Years of experience with powered and manual tools, including basic maintenance
- Health and saftey trained
Timeline
Tractor Driving -
Lantra Awards
03.2023 - 03.2023
Groundsman
Alleyn's School
02.2022 - Current
Grounds maintenance operative
Just Ask
08.2021 - 02.2022
Grounds maintenance operative
Phoenix
06.2019 - 07.2021
Level 2 Sports turf maintenance - Horticulture
Kiets
NVQ Level 2 - Horticulture
Capel Manor
NVQ Level 2 - Business
NCFE
Basic life saving and CPR
NHS
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