Summary of Position :
Under the direction of the Golf Course Superintendent, perform ground maintenance duties including maintaining greens, tees, fairways, vegetation and landscaped areas.
Essential Functions :
- Prepare and maintain golf course.
- Prepare and plant sod, trees, shrubs, and flowers.
- Clean and perform routine maintenance on ground maintenance equipment and tools.
- Maintain turf by aerification, slicing, and topdressing.
- Perform a variety of general grounds keeping duties including raking, weeding, trimming trees, and fertilizing.
- Operate and maintain a variety of grounds maintenance equipment and tools including riding and push mowers, weedeaters , blowers, edgers, trimmers, tractors, overseeders, rototillers, sod cutter, woodchipper, hand and power tools, and other ground maintenance tools and equipment.
Qualifications :
Education : High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
Experience : 2 years of golf course maintenance preferred
Certificates or Licenses : NA
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
Perform a variety of grounds maintenance work in the preparation and maintenance of turf.Understand and follow oral and written directions.Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with fellow co-workers.Utilize herbicides, pesticides, and other sprays in a safe and effective manner.Perform heavy manual labor.Lift objects weighing up to 80 pounds.Work in a desert environment.Basic irrigation knowledge.Personal Characteristics :
Behaves ethically.Communicates effectively : Speaks and listens in a clear, thorough, and timely manner.Professional Appearance : Exhibits an appearance appropriate for a four diamond resort (Specific grooming standards are available for review).This position is a safety-sensitive position. Under the law, safety-sensitive positions are defined as positions where the employee operates, repairs, maintains or monitors the performance or operation of a motor vehicle, equipment, machinery, or power tools. Safety-sensitive positions may also include jobs where the tasks or duties required of the employee could affect the safety or health of the employee performing the task or others.