Greenskeeper | Full Time
About The Position
The Greenskeeper I maintains golf courses, including turf and surrounding grounds, as directed by the Golf Course Superintendents. The role involves mowing and detailing course areas, maintaining plants and hazards, assisting with irrigation and drainage, and using environmentally friendly turf treatments when instructed. The Greenskeeper also maintains and fuels equipment, keeps work areas clean, and performs duties safely while minimizing disruption to golfers, members, guests, and homeowners. The position requires outdoor work in varying weather conditions and the ability to work long hours and flexible shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Employees must be able to perform the physical tasks described, including regularly lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
Requirements
- Valid state driver’s license with a driving record in good standing.
- Ability to stand, walk, handle or feel objects with the hands, reach with the hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Close, distance, peripheral, and depth vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to use hand tools, trimming tools, power tools, and mowing equipment.
- Ability to work long hours and flexible shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to work in varying weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, and humidity.
- Positive, professional image; self-motivation; reliable and predictable attendance.
- Basic knowledge of the game of golf, its rules, and expected playing conditions.
- Ability to function as a member of a team to accomplish established goals.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience and knowledge of grounds work is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Operate hand mowers on greens, aprons, tees, fairways, rough, lake banks, and other grounds.
- Mow turf using tractors, ride-on machines, and specialist hand mowers.
- Edge cart paths; trim bunker faces, lake banks, and areas around tees; and edge and rake sand bunkers.
- Complete assigned jobs and clean up work areas.
- Excavate and backfill trenches using hand tools, and operate utility vehicles as required.
- Wear supplied safety equipment, including glasses, ear plugs, and hard hats, when operating equipment and hand tools.
- Clean, store, maintain, and make minor adjustments to equipment under the mechanic’s supervision.
- Check equipment before use, maintain fuel and fluid levels, and report equipment problems or failures promptly to a supervisor.
- Stay on cart paths where available to avoid further impact on high-traffic areas.
- Assist with project work as directed.
- Pick up trash and debris and blow cart paths using backpack blowers.
- Be courteous and conscientious toward golfers and homeowners, and perform work with little or no disruption to members and guests playing the course.
- Keep maintenance areas clean and free of clutter, and return equipment to designated locations.
- Apply environmentally friendly turf treatments to control weeds, fungal diseases, and pests when instructed by supervisors or management.
- Renovate and maintain bunkers and other hazards, including water features.
- Apply irrigation and attend to drainage problems.
- Maintain trees, bushes, shrubs, and other native plants.
- Perform all job duties safely and efficiently.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of golf, its rules, and expected playing conditions, and work as a member of a team to accomplish established goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
