Golf Grounds Maintenance

SUMMARY

This is an opportunity to be part of the annual crew that keeps Devils Knob, Wintergreen’s highly ranked mountain golf course, looking and playing great. In this position, you will help prepare, maintain, and/or repair tees, cups, traps, greens, roughs, fairways, bunkers, creeks, and lakes, and involves the use of hand tools, weed-eaters, fly-mowers, mowing equipment, fertilizer spreaders, and other maintenance tools. Work is performed under supervision, according to specific instruction given by management staff and/or course Superintendent. Employees may be exposed to constant physical exertion, loud noise, machinery, dirt, dust, chemical odors, and extreme weather conditions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

:

• Responsible for the safe operation of any equipment used
• Perform routine manual labor involved in golf course maintenance and construction
• May sit, stand, stoop, climb ladders and walk for long periods of time
• Clean, maintain, and service equipment
• Cut grass with power equipment and hand tools
• Loads and unloads dirt, gravel, sand and debris
• Pick up trash on the golf course, in the maintenance building, and on the clubhouse grounds
• Communicate effectively with other employees in the maintenance department and pro shop area
• Operate various hand tools, including but not limited to, weed eater, backpack sprayer, backpack blower and water hose

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Knowledge of and/or ability to learn about the care and proper use of tools and equipment used in the development and maintenance of greens, tees, fairways, roughs, bunkers, hazards, and general grounds of a golf course
• Ability to quickly learn maintenance, care, and construction of greens, tees, fairways, hazards, bunkers, irrigation systems, and general grounds of a golf course
• Knowledge of and/or ability to learn about turf disease, insects and rodents, chemicals, and the methods used to control these elements
• K...