Greenkeeper
Education and/or Experience
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Six months of experience in golf course gardening and landscaping preferred.
Job Knowledge, Core Competencies and Expectations
Knowledge of golf course and grounds operations.
Knowledge of irrigation systems.
Knowledge of and ability to perform required role in emergency situations.
Job Summary (Essential Functions)
Maintain golf course and landscaping around the course, clubhouse and other club facilities, including parking lots.
Job Tasks/Duties
Plants and maintains ornamental shrubs, trees and turf.
Trims and feeds shrubs and trees; removes cuttings.
Maintains landscape beds around clubhouse and club grounds.
Operate and inspect equipment prior and after use and reports issues to the Maintenance Shop Supervisor
Rakes and blows leaves.
Prepares and applies fertilizers and pesticides.
Maintains and implements animal control systems.
Prepares soil plant beds, and establishes plantings by seed or transplants.
Maintains annual and perennial flowers in aesthetic arrangements.
Loads and unloads materials.
Empties garbage cans.
Attends staff meetings.
Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Golf Course Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and Maintenance Shop Supervisor
Licenses and Special Requirements
Valid driver’s license.
Pesticide Applicator certificate (preferred)
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.
Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Able to meet and perform the physical requirements and to work effectively in an environment which is typical of this position.
Frequent lifting (up to 50 pounds), bending, climbing, stooping, pulling, grasping, sitting, standing, reaching and walking
May need to use some protective equipment, such as a respirator, gloves, earplugs, eye guards/visors, boots and hat.
