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Scenario · Parks and Landscape Services

Inspect a council playground and maintain the park

You are a Parks Maintenance Worker in the Parks and Landscape Services team.

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The situation

What has happened

Lions Park is a busy council playground with swings, a slide unit, a climbing frame, seats, a shelter and garden beds. The last monthly inspection found the softfall under the swings well below the standard depth and the swings have been taped off since. Work order WO-26-0412 covers this month's visual inspection, and the crew leader wants you to complete it with them, measure the softfall, check every structure and raise any defect as a work order. While on site the crew will mow the open lawn and prune the bed near the entrance, so a mower pre-start and a public exclusion zone are needed.

Your brief. Complete a thorough visual inspection of the playground and park facilities on the standard template, rate and raise defects, and carry out the mowing and pruning safely with the public present.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Completed Site Inspection Report
  • Work orders for defects
  • Mower pre-start record
  • Handover note to the crew leader

Documents to use

Systems to use

Work Orders

Scheduled maintenance, inspection, construction and conservation jobs for council, landscape and program clients, with crew allocation and completion tracking.

WHS Incident and Hazard Register

The register of injuries, near misses, hazards, chemical exposures, machinery and livestock incidents across all sites, with investigation and corrective action tracking.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

AHCPGD212Conduct visual inspection of park facilities
AHCPGD209Prune shrubs and small trees
AHCMOM215Operate commercial lawnmowers
AHCWRK213Participate in workplace communications
AHCWHS202Participate in workplace health and safety processes

Qualifications

AHC20624Certificate II in Parks and Gardens
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for a systematic walk pattern, every checklist item recorded, softfall measured and compared with the standard, risk ratings that match the defects, work orders with sensible due dates, a complete mower pre-start and an exclusion zone before mowing. Pruning cuts must be to the correct position and green waste disposed of correctly.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.