Management Plan for Firth Park - MP4-Interreg

periods. This system has been very successful in reducing damage and anti social
behaviour within the park and we are hoping to extend the system to cover the full park in
future years
The Gardeners based within the park all wear official council uniforms of Green with the
parks and countryside logo on sweatshirts all officers have name and identify cards.
The caretakers wear black trousers and blue shirts, with the First Start and Parks and
Countryside logo. All staff are issued with promotional cards giving telephone details of
service numbers should a member of the public contact them when they are out on site.
The care takers are issued with short wave radios so that they can be contacted at all
times. The gardener and supervisors have mobile telephones so that they can be
contacted at all times.
The bowling pavilion has an external telephone and the First Start centre has telephone
and public Internet access.
5.5.6 Vehicle Movement within the Park
Public Vehicle access in to the park is not allowed and all vehicle gates are locked and
secured.
Council maintenance vehicles are operated in the park subject to a code of practise which
will be available as an appendix to this plan.
In the case of events designated areas are determined and marked out together with
access routes. Full risk assessments for events are carried out and meetings arranged
with organisers prior to the event.
5.5.7 Health and Safety Policies
It is the City Councils and Parks and Countryside services duty to provide and maintain a
working environment which is so far as is reasonably practicable, safe, without risk to
health and adequate as regards facilities for the welfare of all its employees and visitors to
the park.
All staff and seasonal gardeners are given a full induction training, which outlines council
policies and procedures. Each employee is given a staff development plan, which is
assessed each year and forms the basis of future training needs. The service maintains
training and skills records for each employee, which is used as part of the employee
appraisal process.
All staff are give corporate training in Child Protection, Equality, Valuing diversity and
Customer care.
In order to comply with the control of vibration at work regulations 2005 Staff are monitored
for HAV and all equipment is tested and tagged which gives the vibration exposure times
and staff have to complete a weekly sheet which outlines the time they have spent on
using machinery.
The park also complies with the control of Asbestos at Work regulations 2002 regulation 4
and a register is kept by the facility manager who records all staff carrying out repairs to
buildings and infrastructure within the park.
The park also complies with the Pesticide regulations in respect of the use and application
of chemicals. Only registered and certificated staff are allowed to apply chemicals,
pesticides, and insecticides if they have PA1 and PA6 qualifications. No chemicals are
store within the park.
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