Working Environment, Creating a Positive and Supportive

There are many factors that can be considered as being important in creating a positive and supportive working environment, including: • A safe workplace, without hazards and minimised risks. • Helpful and considerate colleagues. • An open and welcoming attitude to diversity and equality. • Recognising and rewarding achievements. • Appropriately rewarding and beneficial employment conditions. • Using SMART performance measures. • Understanding the challenges faced by others. • Well documented policies and procedures, which are properly applied. • Encouraging well-being as an integral

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  Workplace Security

Many work materials and equipment are expensive and dangerous. They need to be made secure to help reduce and prevent theft, accidents and pollution. Adequate storage and security of products is also a legal requirement in many cases, for example, for pesticide storage.

  Zero-based Budgeting

A method of budgeting in which all expenditure has to be justified, with a starting point being from a zero baseline. What is the value gained from expenditure on an item or activity? Can it be adequately justified? A comparable approach can be used to better help reflect on the wide range of turf maintenance activities and material applications and to question whether value for money is being provided by the expenditure and also the effectiveness and efficiency achieved from the inputs.