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Job Description: This position is primarily responsible for maintaining the driving range and golf course grounds by performing the following duties. Job Responsibilities: • Receives verbal instructions from supervisor.
• Using appropriate techniques and equipment, mows tees, fairways, and greens to specification as determined by supervisor
• Applies chemicals to golf course turf as instructed by supervisor.
• Empties trash cans and checks driving range bays and ball wash areas for cleanliness and good working order. Repairs driving range signage and range ball collection areas. Restocks range ball dispensing machines as often as needed to assure a sufficient supply of range balls for customer use.
• Operates range ball picker and ball wash machinery to assure a clean supply of range balls for driving range customers. Keeps ball wash area clean and notified management immediately if ball wash machinery or range ball picker are not operating properly.
• Under supervision of the assistant superintendent or foreman, performs work involving the use of large equipment, including tractors, loaders, trenchers, backhoes, trucks and other maintenance equipment.
• Mows fairways and roughs with gang units.
• Operates all types of equipment; turf vac, skip-loader, aerifiers, sprayers.
• May operate smaller equipment as directed by his/her supervisor.
• Ensures that the equipment cooling system is working at all times; refills fuel and oil daily; cleans equipment daily; and reports equipment problems or failures to Mechanic or Equipment Manager immediately.
• Provides basic preventive maintenance on equipment as directed by the Mechanic or Assistant Superintendent, and returns equipment to the designated location at the maintenance facility.
• Performs other duties as directed by his/her supervisor.
• May operates snow removal equipment to maintain parking lots and sidewalks.
• Digs and weeds flower beds and plants flowers.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Crew Member - Driver's license
Virginia pesticide license or other relevant licenses required by regulatory agencies
Crew Member - OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to communicate effectively with both English and Spanish speaking co-workers
Ability to operate all equipment used for golf course maintenance
Crew Member - OPERATIONS OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT:
Golf course maintenance equipment including but not limited to: all types of mowers, sprayers, sand rakes, and utility vehicles and small engine machinery and tools
Heavy construction equipment including but not limited to: backhoe, tractors, loaders
Physical Requirements: PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This is an intensely physical job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee may be required to sit for extended periods of time while operating maintenance machinery/equipment.
The employee must frequently and regularly lift/move/push/pull up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
$13.00/hour -