
Jeffrey Hanson
Caretaker
Keeping buildings safe, clean and running quietly
Reliable caretaker with eleven years looking after schools and community buildings in Manchester, the last six as site caretaker for a large secondary school. Keeps the site safe, clean, secure and running — opening and locking up, handling repairs and maintenance, managing contractors, and dealing with whatever the building throws up each day. Set up a planned-maintenance and checks routine that cut emergency repairs and kept the site compliant. Handles minor plumbing, electrical, joinery and grounds work, manages heating and security systems, responds to call-outs, and keeps health-and-safety and fire records in order. Practical, trustworthy and the dependable presence staff and pupils know by name. Takes real pride in a well-kept building. Looking for a caretaker, facilities or site-officer role with a school or organisation that values its site being properly looked after.
Manchester Secondary School - Manchester, UK
Site Caretaker April 2016 to Present 10 years & 4 months
Set up a planned-maintenance and checks routine that cut emergency repairs and kept the site compliant.
Handle all the minor plumbing, the electrical, the joinery and grounds repairs across the buildings.
Manage the heating, the security and fire systems and respond to all the site call-outs.
Supervise the contractors and oversee all of the cleaning, the deliveries and the site events.
Keep the health-and-safety, the fire and the legionella records accurate and up to date.
Manchester Community Buildings - Manchester, UK
Caretaker / Maintenance Assistant August 2013 to March 2016 2 years & 8 months
Carried out the routine maintenance and handled the minor repair jobs daily.
Learned the site safety, the compliance and building systems on the job.
Gained the safety certification and then moved into a school caretaker role.
Manchester Community Buildings - Manchester, UK
Cleaner / Handyman June 2011 to July 2013 2 years & 2 months
Handled the cleaning, the minor repairs and general upkeep day to day.
Learned the building maintenance and the safe working properly on the job.
Then earned the move into a full caretaker and maintenance role from there.
Manchester College
Level 2 Diploma in Building Maintenance (September 2011 to June 2013)
IOSH / Accredited Provider
Health & Safety and Legionella Awareness Certification (January 2016 to March 2016)
Fewer emergency repairs
A trusted site presence
Facilities & Building Services
Facilities Management Institute (May 2020 to Present)
Fire Warden & Emergency Procedures
Safety Training Services (June 2021 to Present)
Health & Safety and Legionella Awareness
IOSH / Accredited Provider (March 2016 to Present)
Building Maintenance & Fire Safety
BIFM (April 2019 to Present)
- Building Maintenance
- Minor Plumbing & Electrical
- Joinery & Repairs
- Site Security
- Heating & Building Systems
- Planned Maintenance
- Contractor Management
- Health & Safety Compliance
- Fire & Legionella Checks
- Grounds Upkeep