Summary of Position(s) :

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

Spray Tech Certificates or Licenses: Arizona State Pesticide Applicator License

Irrigation: Experience with Rainbird and/or Toro heads/computer system

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.