Health and safety, training and compliance support for grounds, horticulture and waste operations
On Safe Ground Ltd is an independent consultancy offering health and safety advice, machinery training and assessment, quality assurance, and waste and environmental compliance support. The advice is grounded in extensive hands-on operational management in the sectors it serves, and is available across the UK.
What we do
Six areas of support, offered separately or together. Each is delivered by someone who has managed the work as well as advised on it.
Health and safety
Risk assessments, safe systems of work, audits and inspections, accident investigation, and noise and vibration exposure management for operational teams.
Find out moreTraining and assessment
NPTC and LANTRA training and assessment on horticultural machinery, plant and abrasive wheels, arranged around your equipment and site.
Find out moreQuality assurance
Internal quality assurance and end-point assessment experience for horticulture, waste management and facilities qualifications.
Find out moreHorticulture and grounds management
Operational and contract support for parks, grounds maintenance, amenity horticulture, arboricultural works and sports surfaces.
Find out moreWaste and environmental management
Technically competent manager support, CoTC mentoring, permit applications, compliance audits and environmental management systems.
Find out moreFacilities management
Contractor management, specifications, monitoring and service improvement for estates, grounds and facilities services.
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Who the service is for
The support is designed for organisations whose work happens outdoors, in depots and on operational sites, where machinery, chemicals, terrain and public access all add to the risk.
- Local authority parks, grounds, cemeteries and street cleansing services
- Grounds maintenance, landscape and arboricultural contractors
- Sports grounds and estates
- Hazardous and non-hazardous waste operators and transfer stations
- Training providers, colleges and employers delivering land-based or waste qualifications
- Facilities and estates teams responsible for in-house or contracted services
Experience behind the advice
On Safe Ground Ltd is run by its director, whose career has included senior operational management of parks, cemeteries, cleansing, sports surfaces and facilities; nursery management; arboricultural works; hazardous waste collection; and technically competent manager responsibility for hazardous waste storage facilities.
More recently the work has centred on health, safety, quality and environmental management for grounds maintenance, winter maintenance and pest control operations, alongside training, assessment and internal quality assurance for horticulture and waste management qualifications.
Qualifications at a glance
- Health and safety
- MSc Risk and Safety Management; NEBOSH National Diploma; noise and vibration exposure management courses
- Waste and environmental
- HNC Waste Management; WAMITAB Level 4 CoTC (hazardous waste treatment and transfer); PG Certificate Environmental Management
- Horticulture
- Level 4 Amenity Horticulture
- Facilities management
- IWFM Level 4 Diploma
- Training and assessment
- City & Guilds NPTC Integrated Trainer and Assessor; LANTRA Instructional Techniques; Internal Quality Assurance
How an engagement works
Get in touch
Call or email with an outline of what you need. A short conversation is usually enough to establish whether we can help.
Agree the scope
What will be delivered, where, over what period and at what cost is confirmed in writing before any work starts.
Delivery
Work is carried out on your site or remotely as appropriate: audits, inspections, training days, assessments, mentoring or document development.
Written outcome
You receive the output the work calls for: reports, risk assessments, method statements, assessment records or improvement plans, written to be used.
Discuss your requirements
If the support you need is not listed, get in touch anyway. Many enquiries sit across more than one of these areas, and an initial conversation costs nothing.