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General Hand - Property & Garden Maintenance

  • Central Suburbs & Coolbinia Perth WA
  • Full time
  • $52,026 per annum plus salary packaging plus super
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Love working with your hands? Join Ability WA as a General Hand and help keep our properties and gardens safe, welcoming, and well-maintained for our customers and staff. This is a hands-on, full-time role where no two days are the same, and your work makes a real difference.

About the Role

As a General Hand, you’ll provide property maintenance and gardening services across our sites. Your work ensures safety, compliance, and a great experience for everyone.

Key responsibilities include:

  • 🔨 General building maintenance and gardening tasks
  • 🔑 Daily building opening and closing; participate in an after-hours on-call roster
  • 🖌 Assist subcontractors and support small projects (painting, cleaning gutters, air conditioning filters, exhaust fans)
  • 🪑 Move furniture, set up meeting spaces, and assist with special events
  • ✅ Ensure compliance with all statutory and legislative requirements

Why You’ll Love This Role

  • 🌱 Hands-on variety – enjoy a mix of maintenance and gardening tasks
  • 💪 Real impact – create safe, comfortable environments for customers
  • 🤝 Team support – work with people who value collaboration and care

About You

  • 🛠 Experience in maintenance, gardening, or a similar role
  • ⚠️ Safety-conscious and physically fit for manual tasks
  • 💬 Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team
  • 💻 Basic computer skills
  • 🌍 Understanding of NDIS principles and commitment to inclusion

Pre-employment Requirements

  • ✅ Right to work in Australia
  • ✅ Full National Police Clearance (issued within the last 6 months)
  • ✅ Current and valid ‘C’ class driver’s license
  • ✅ Nationally accredited First Aid Certificate
  • ✅ NDIS Worker Screening Check and Orientation Module (or willing to obtain)
  • ✅ Proof of COVID-19 vaccination (minimum 2 doses)
Ready to Apply?

If you’re practical, reliable, and want a role where you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
Click Apply to submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your suitability for this position.

Questions?
Contact Errol Bugarin on 1300 106 106 or Errol.Bugarin@abilitywa.com.au

Applications will be shortlisted immediately.

 

Who is Ability WA?

Ability WA is committed to empowering all people to realise their abilities and thrive in their communities. We embrace the unique strengths of every person within our organisation and welcome people of all backgrounds, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, ethnicities and cultures as we continue to grow our diverse workforce.

We reserve the right to extend or withdraw this advertisement prior to the closing date.

Ability WA focuses on sourcing high calibre candidates through direct recruitment campaigns. Please do not send unsolicited agency CVs or contact Ability WA staff regarding unsolicited CVs.

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