Ground Section Worker

The Grounds Section Worker performs a variety of general labor duties necessary to the care and maintenance of golf course ground cover, and landscaping in and around fairways, roughs, tees, greens, golf shop etc. While directly supervised by Golf Course Superintendent may also take direction from the Director of Agronomy or Lead Maintenance positions.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Performs a variety of unskilled manual tasks connected with the care and maintenance of Golf Course ground cover, and landscaping in and around greens, tees, fairways and sand traps, such as weeding, trimming, raking, irrigating, etc.
• Assists with applying fertilizer (including lifting and loading fertilizer), herbicides or insecticides, or in the application of irrigation water, performing such duties as directed.
• Uses equipment to mow around trees and other obstacles that larger equipment cannot mow.
• Observes all Company house rules and regulations, including but not limited to safety regulations, following safe practices in the performance of assigned tasks and practicing good housekeeping in assigned work areas. 
• Transports self and tools in golf cart or light utility vehicle to assigned work areas.  In doing so, may be required to perform minimal maintenance tasks such as filling vehicles with gasoline, oil, water, etc.
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned or required. 

Other Duties/Responsibilities: 

Qualifications/Skills:

• Must possess an abundance of patience and excellent customer service skills to perform work requiring extensive public contact.
• High school diploma/GED/ or Equivalent
• Previous labor and groundskeeping experience helpful.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Good Communication skills to receive and understand Supervisor’s daily work assignments and directives. 

Physical Requirements/Environment:

Frequently requires standing, walking, reaching, bending, handling, stooping, kneeling, squatting, lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling of up to 50 lbs., exposure to heat, sunlight, dust, dirt, chemicals and fertilizers, and other environmental conditions typically associated with golf course conditions. 

Occasionally requires sitting, digging, crouching, and/or crawling, lifting/carrying/pulling/pushing of up to 100 lbs., operation of golf cart on uneven terrain, operation of a light utility truck, and exposure to gases, fumes, golf balls in play, wet and other environmental conditions associated with working on golf courses. 

Regular, consistent attendance and punctuality are considered essential job requirements of every job in this department and the Company to maintain daily operating efficiency and levels of production. 

Visual capabilities required:  good to excellent vision; depth perception, wide field of vision and color vision.

Job experiences approximately 8 hours outdoors and 0 hour indoors.

Tools, Equipment, and Materials:

Ordinary hand tools such as hoe, shovel, sickle, cane knife, rake, pick, wheelbarrow, weed eater, edger, golf cart, walking rotary mower, light utility vehicle, soil, weeds, grass, water, etc.