Environmental Services WEST

Manager Position / Job Description :	Manager Environmental Services (West)
Name of Manager :	Ms Z.A. Lesia
Contact number :	023 626 8200
E-mail address :	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Duties & Responsibilities

Vision and Objectives of Department

• The Department of Environmental Services endeavours to provide a sustainable, equitable, efficient, and cost-effective variety of services to all communities and businesses. These include: cleansing, parks and recreation, and environmental control.

Sub-Departments

See below more details under the diagram

Parks & Recreation

The following are performed as core functions:

• Cleaning and beautification of open spaces
• Management of Hiking trails and recreation (picnic) areas
• Maintenance of sports grounds and public toilets;
• Planting, pruning and mowing of trees, shrubs and grass;
• Development and maintenance of play parks;
• Maintenance of tools and equipment

Environmental Control

The following are performed as core functions:

• Monitoring cleansing of private properties
• Control of keeping of animals (dogs and cats, cattle, sheep, swine etc.);
• Keeping of Bees, Keeping of Poultry, Keeping of Pigeons and Birds.
• Pest and vector control
• Health and waste education to waste personnel and the public at large;
• Waste education to public at large
• Management of complaints
• Management of hazardous and E-waste

Cleansing

The cleansing unit is responsible for the co-ordination of infrastructure and cleansing services. This includes domestic refuse collection (from formal and informal households), recycling waste, collecting garden refuse, co-ordinating drop-off area services, transferring and composting organic domestic refuse.

The following are performed as core functions:

• Collection, removal, control (tariffs), minimization, reduction, re-use and re-cycling of waste, Treatment of Waste and Disposal.
• Cleaning and sweeping of streets;
• Managing of Re-Cycling Centre (MRF) and selling of re-cycling material.
• Implementation of a two bag system (separation at source) 
• Generating of compost;
• Managing of transfer stations;

Cemeteries

The cemetery unit develops and maintains cemetery facilities that promote dignity and respect to communities. New cemeteries aim to cater for special needs, while meeting landscape, infrastructural and environmental standards and objectives. Existing cemeteries will also be extended accordingly.

Core Functions

• Managing and control of cemeteries;
• Ensuring available space for burials within cemetery terrains;
• Providing adequate graves;
• Built-up graves;
• Handling pauper funerals;
• Managing application of tariffs;
• Keeping cemetery record in place;
• Upholding neatness