Day-to-day operating brief
What Handyperson work looks like in practice
A Handyperson completes routine minor repairs, furniture assembly, basic decoration and practical site tasks across one or more premises. The value of the role lies in resolving suitable jobs promptly while recognising when electrical, gas, structural or other specialist work requires a competent contractor. Terms should define sites, work-order priority, travel, hours, tools, materials, keys, occupied-area conduct, lone work, spending limits, photographs and completion records. The contract should make the competence boundary and escalation route unambiguous. Work-order assessment should record symptoms, visible cause and the safe limit of the proposed repair. Repeated temporary fixes need escalation because they may disguise an underlying asset failure or create false confidence. Drilling, access above ground and work near services require location-specific checks before tools are used. When occupants request extra tasks directly, the handyperson should route them through prioritisation so materials, permission and responsibility remain visible.
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.