Prioritising

Identifying tasks to be carried out and then ordering them in a sequence, according to their relative importance at that time, of when they should be tackled and completed. Priorities can and do change, especially in project work, so it is important to be adaptable and flexible in managing prioritised tasks.

At the start of a working week the priorities for grounds maintenance work for that week might be quite clear to all concerned, however, if staff sickness occurs during the week, weather and ground conditions change (which can frequently occur working on grounds), vandalism or excessive wear from usage occurs then the need to delay or put off altogether some works and reschedule other work will often be required, so the initial prioritised work will need to reprioritised due to the prevailing situation.