Equipment Operator I or II or III, under the supervision of the Superintendent, performs routine manual labor involved in golf course maintenance; do semi-skilled grounds construction and maintenance work; operate small hand-powered equipment; and occasionally perform work involving large equipment such as tractors, loaders and gang mowers. Each Equipment Operator may be assigned responsibility for the care and maintenance of several designated holes on the golf course and does related work as required.
Typical Functions:
The Equipment Operator:
โขOperates mowers and string trimmers in trimming greens, aprons, tees, around trees, fence lines, banks and hillsides; edges cart paths; edges, rakes and maintains sand bunkers.
โขMaintains fuel and fluid levels for all types of equipment on a daily basis; reports equipment problems or failure to supervisor immediately.
โขReturns all equipment to the designated location at the maintenance facility; and cleans the maintenance areas.
โขHelps in project work; assists in the construction of new greens, tees and fairways; grades and prepares soil base; lays sod; and seeds tees, greens and fairways.
โขMay be asked to operate mowers, dump trucks or other light equipment.
โขPerforms other duties as directed by his/her supervisor.
โขIn the event of damages to the course by weather or other unforeseen events, the equipment operator I may be called in to restore course back to normal playing conditions.
Company Description
The City of Westworth Village is a quiet residential community, with a population of 3100 residents, approximately two square miles in area, on the west side of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, in North Central Texas. Located on the banks of the Trinity River, five miles west of downtown Fort Worth, the City is surrounded by long-developed communities amid natural vegetation and landscape features that complement the pleasant appearance.
Hawks Creek Golf Club: www.hawkscreek.com
Hawks Creek Golf Club is owned and operated by the City of Westworth Village. This Club is the former Carswell Air Force Base Golf Course. It is an 18-hole championship golf course, renovated in 2000 and reopened in 2002. There is full driving range and short game area with practice green to allow 75 yard shots. Westworth Village is located on western edge of Fort Worth, across from Shady Oaks Country Club.