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ESTATES & FACILITIES PATHWAYS
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GROUNDS
Grounds Services staff work to ensure that hospitals and other NHSScotland premises have attractive and tidy grounds.
This includes looking after plants growing outside of buildings and in and around car parks and maintaining lawns, trees and borders. As well as maintaining existing gardens and grounds, throughout the season, staff in grounds services might be involved in the design, cultivation and planting of gardens for different groups of patients and service users.
EXAMPLE ROLES, REQUIRED LEARNING AND SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE ROLES
Director of Estates
Head of Estates
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE ROLES
Site Manager
Assistant Director
General Manager
Site/ Estates Manager
SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS
TRANSFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
BSc Hons Facilities Management
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
PDA in Planning and Implementing Change
SVQ Management at SCQF level 9
PDA in Decision Making and Innovation
PDA in Organisational Leadership
EXAMPLE ROLES
Gardener Supervisor
Estates Manager
REQUIRED LEARNING
TRANSFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
PDA in Planning and Implementing Change
SVQ Management at SCQF level 9
PDA in Decision Making and Innovation
EXAMPLE ROLES
Gardener Supervisor
REQUIRED LEARNING
SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS
TRANSFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Foundation Degree Facilities Management
PDA in Internal Verification of Workplace Assessment (L&D11) at SCQF level 8
PDA Workplace Assessment Using Direct & Indirect Methods (LD9DI)
at SCQF level 8
ECDL - Advanced at SCQF level 6
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
PDA in Leadership at SCQF level 8
PDA in Project Management at SCQF level 8
EXAMPLE ROLES
Gardener Supervisor
Charge Hand
Head Gardener
REQUIRED LEARNING
Woodland Management
Waterway Management
Road Traffic Management
Estates Workbook
SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS
TRANSFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
PDA Workplace Assessment Using Direct & Indirect Methods (LD9DI) at SCQF level 8
SVQ Facilities Management at SCQF level 7
University Cert. Facilities Management
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
SVQ Management at SCQF level 7
EXAMPLE ROLES
Charge Hand
Head Gardener
Gardener
REQUIRED LEARNING
Pesticide Training
Road Traffic Management
Estates Workbook
SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS
SVQ Horticulture at SCQF level 6
MA Horticulture at SCQF Level 6
IOG Level 2 Diploma in Work-based Horticulture
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE ROLES
Gardener
REQUIRED LEARNING
Pesticide Training
Road Traffic Management
Estates Workbook
TRANSFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE ROLES
Assistant Gardener
REQUIRED LEARNING
COSHH
Road Traffic Management Systems
Estates Workbook
SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS
SVQ Horticulture at SCQF level 4
IOG Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture
TRANSFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
ESTATES Services PAthwAys
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For a more detailed explanation of the work-related qualifications listed within the pathway e.g. NPA, SVQ, HNC/HND, NC and PDA please refer to The NHS Education for Scotland publication The Well Qualified Workforce.
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