What are the responsibilities and job description for the Groundsman position at GREEN TREE COUNTRY CLUB?
General Summary:
Maintain golf course and landscaping around the course, clubhouse and other club facilities, including parking lots.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Supervisor Responsibilities
- None
- Primary Duties
- Trims trees; removes cuttings.
- Maintains landscape beds around clubhouse and club grounds.
- Rakes and blows leaves.
- Prepares and lays sod.
- Rakes bunkers.
- Loads and unloads materials.
- Repairs and maintains driving range tees.
- Cleans equipment used in practice area.
- Operates walk-behind equipment.
- Aerifies and spikes greens.
- Helps with drainage projects.
- Empties garbage cans.
- Participates in departmental and club training meetings.
- Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Golf Course Maintenance Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent.
Skills and Abilities Required:
- Willingness to learn and adapt to varied and added responsibilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstration of cooperation, interest, and enthusiasm in support of the club’s mission, vision, values, goals, and objectives.
- Assures development, implementation, and review of policies and procedures which guide and support provisions of designated services.
- Demonstration of effective inter-disciplinary cooperation and assists with improvement in interdepartmental communications
- Perform with frequent interruptions and/or distractions
Certification/Education and Experience:
- Six months of experience in golf course grounds maintenance or greens keeping preferred but not required.
- Knowledge of golf course operations and irrigation systems preferred but not required.
Working Condition:
- There is a potential for stressful situations and for long hours.
- 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.
Physical Requirements:
- Able to meet and perform the physical requirements and to work effectively in an environment which is typical of this position.
- Frequently positions self to complete assigned tasks.