TRUSTWORTH SIPHESIHLE KWEYAMA

PROFILE

Garden Services Manageress with a warm and friendly demeanor always! Skilled at conflict resolution. Team builder who is acutely attentive to employees’ and clients’ needs. Punctual problem solver and avid multitasker. Track record of being an essential part of the management team and instrumental in providing effective solutions that produce immediate impact and contribute to the establishment’s long-term success.

CONTACT

PHONE:

078-***-****

LINKEDIN:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/trustworth-kweyama-129b16103

EMAIL

adpehm@r.postjobfree.com

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Gardening

Reading

Travelling

Cooking

Hiking

WORK EXPERIENCE

Garden Services Manageress

Gemini Garden Services, Pietermaritzburg

Jul 2021 - Present

Managing the garden service teams, scheduling apartments to be serviced and daily tasks. Managing staff members that are based on sites. Compiling monthly reports for the sites and as well as monthly combined worksheets on excel. Purchasing of new plants for the pots, and also doing AIS control using suitable chemicals. Attending to client’s complaints, solving staff conflicts in a professional courteous manner. Attending to new quotes requested by potential clients. Educating staff members on what is a weed and what is not a weed, and the correct use of equipment’s e.g., brush cutter, chainsaw, hedge trimmer etc. Ensuring that PPE is being practiced.

Office Administrator

Gemini Cleaning Services, BISS & ABT, Pietermaritzburg

Feb – Jun 2021

Admin tasks as needed, including, filling, answering of phone calls, attending to emails, attending to queries, purchasing of chemicals for the cleaning side of the company, attending to IODs, updating attendance registers for the cleaners, gardeners and security officers. Packaging and couriering of pay slips to other sites. Petty cash keeper. Purchasing office stationery. Attend to labor queries e.g., UIF applications, Maternity applications, Salary schedules, Provident fund applications. Procurement of staff uniforms and safety footwear.

Supervisor

Gemini Garden Services, Pietermaritzburg

Nov 2019 – Jan 2021

Over seeing sites such as Mondi Office Park, Quarry Centre, Department of Agriculture Cedar and JG Afrika. Doing AIS control, weeding, splitting and dividing of plants according to seasons. Attending to site visits with another consulting company called JPJ Landscapes. Compiling compost and fertilizer applications audit.

Gardner

Gemini Garden Services, Pietermaritzburg

Jan 2019 – Oct 2019

I was in a team traveling everyday to do gardens maintenance in residences in Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas. Twice a month we would travel to Nottingham to maintain gardens at the farm. We also offered once off clean ups.

Customer Assistant

Aries Communications, Pinetown

Jun 2017 – Dec 2018

Speed Typing, Printing, Email sending and receiving, Binding, Laminating, PC assistant, Faxing, T-shirt printing, Assignment typing and proof reading.

Canvasser

EDCON Group, Gateway

Feb 2012 – Apr 2012

Helping customers open accounts

Inform customers about the sales

Horticultural Intern

eThekwini Municipality, Durban

Jul 2016 – Dec 20216

Nursery work (Different Nurseries) – sexual and asexual production.

Sport fields – Cricket pitch, Bowling green, Soccer field preparations.

Project – uMngeni Bird Park, building a protection structure to plant crops inside.

Botanical gardens rejuvenation of gardens.

Botanical gardens training of how to use horticultural tractors and equipment.

Attended SANBI Herbarium.

EDUCATION

St Francis College

December 2011

Senior Certificate

Durban University of Technology

December 2016

National Diploma in Horticulture

Damelin College

November 2017

Fundamentals of Project Management

Damelin College

October 2019

Advanced Project Management

KEY SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Excellent listener

Friendly, courteous, and service oriented

Poised under pressure

Staff Training

Quality Assurance

Solid written and verbal communicator

Ambitious and driven

Excellent knowledge in Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint and outlook

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