Fall Golf Course Grounds Crew

Description

THE IDEAL DATES FOR THIS POSITION ARE 08/11/2025 TO 10/31/2025

Summary/Objective

As a member of the Bully Pulpit Golf Course team, a Fall Golf Course Grounds Crew member will have a primary day-to-day responsibility to perform landscaping tasks using power equipment and hand tools to assist in golf course turf maintenance, course setup and irrigation.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Safely operate equipment and accessories as trained and assigned including, but not limited to, greens mowers, rotary mowers, tri-plex mowers, vertical mowers, line trimmers, edgers, utility vehicles, back-pack blowers, aerifiers, spikers, mechanical top dressers, sod cutters, mechanical bunker rakes, tractors, sweepers, blades, loaders, trenchers, chain saws, and miscellaneous hand tools.
• Excavates and backfills ditches and trenches with hand tools and assists with watering the roughs.
• Plans and cultivates lawns, turf or gardens and, based on landscaping designs, determines further work that should occur.
• Cuts and trims golf course greens, fairways, trees, weeds, brush, tees, and roughs.
• Applies growth enhances and disease inhibitors to greens and tees.
• Grades and prepares base, lays sod, and sees greens, tees and fairways.
• Prepares chemicals as needed for application by mixing according to directions.
• Applies fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs or trees by spraying or spreading.
• Where artificial turf is used, periodically replaces cushion pads; vacuums and disinfects turf after use.
• Properly care for assigned equipment by inspecting machinery before and after each use, cleaning machinery after each use, making necessary minor adjustments to equipment and reporting machinery/equipment problems to the mechanic.
• Maintain maintenance and fluid use logs (gas and oil) on assigned equipment.
• Maintains the cleanliness of all golf course equipment and participates in daily setup for play.
• Assists with loading and unloading materials used for the golf course.
• Performs regular and seasonal maintenance on irrigation system including ay necessary winterizing procedures.
• Participates in workplace safety training sessions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None