Gaeren Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Robertsbridge, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Industry-leading Facilities Management and Professional Services• Manage landscaping and commercial cleaning.• Project manage on various property development sites - 10 houses in Coxheath, 5 houses in Horley and various other projects. • Manage 5 staff and their work schedules.• Co-ordinate costings and budgets.• Keep up-to-date with Health and Safety.

Crowborough, East Sussex

18 hole course with around 600 membersDeputy Course Manager• Managed staff.• Budget and stock control.• Fertilization and pest control programming and application.• Managed the workshop including equipment repairs and maintenance.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

18 staff reported • Control budget, ordering and stock.• Co-ordinate management of grounds, including grass and pest control programing and application. • Implemented a 5-year course improvement plan to to re-establish indigenous plant species that are under threat. This included a removal and replacement program where exotic water thirsty trees are being replaced with native species that are more suited to the area. • Also, managed on-going upgrades of tee boxes, bunkers and greens. This includes levelling and reshaping to tie in with the course. • Totally revamped of the Par 3 17th, including mounding and reshaping of bunkering. • Installed a gravity fed water catchment from surrounding roads run-off to reduce the cost of pumping water. This also included a series of dams and ponds planted with reeds that remove heavy metals and toxins to filter the water. The system required no pumping and relied on gravity. • Equipment maintenance scheduling and replacement program.• Maintenance of club house and gardens.

Western Cape, South Africa

• Managed the club and 9 staff, including all the records, costings, salaries and wages. • Provided recommendations and implementations for the improvement and upgrading of the course.• Maintained the grounds by organising application of the fertilization and pesticide programs.• Oversaw conservation, rehabilitation, and re-establishment of indigenous vegetation. The biodiversity of plant species in the Western Cape is under serious threat from invasive alien plant species that not only destroy habitats but also threaten the future of some plant species that only exist in certain areas. By removing the alien species and re-establishing native species you help to conserve not only the threatened species but also create areas where wildlife can thrive. • Supervised irrigation, repairs, maintenance, and upgrades, improved coverage of the existing irrigation system where needed, this included a new layout around tees and approaches where wind created problems with coverage. Installed a new irrigation on fairways to improve coverage and efficiency. • Monitored the equipment maintenance schedule and replacement programs.

Mbabane Swaziland

Drakensberg, Kwa-Zulu-Natal

Education record

School

2-6

Certificate, Turf And Turfgrass Management, 96

Turf grass management and pest control