Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

Description

Related Titles: Foreman; Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor; Equipment Operator Foreman; Equipment Manager

Reports to: Golf Course Superintendent

Supervises: Grounds Persons

Classification

• Education and/or Experience
• Three years of experience in the maintenance, operation or management of a golf course and related
• facilities and equipment, including one year of supervisory experience desirable.
• Undergraduate college study in turf agronomy or golf course maintenance is desirable.

Job Knowledge, Core Competencies and Expectations

• Knowledge of tools, methods and materials used in grounds and golf course construction, landscaped area
• maintenance work and building maintenance and improvement.
• Operate trucks and light motorized equipment.
• Knowledge of agronomy, turf grass science and the rules of golf.
• Working knowledge of basic electricity and hydraulics related to an irrigation system, including
• automatic valves and controllers and various types of pumps and pumping systems.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform required roles in emergency situations.

Job Summary (Essential Functions)

Supervise daily course maintenance and inspect course conditions.

Job Tasks/Duties

• Oversees and performs ongoing course maintenance activities.
• Completes minor repair on equipment.
• Operates and maintains equipment.
• Maintains equipment inventory.
• Trains personnel in ongoing course maintenance activities.
• Selects, trains, supervises, schedules and evaluates assigned personnel.
• Maintains parts and supplies inventory.
• Assists in the development of equipment purchase specifications.
• Performs safety orientation and ongoing safety training for all department staff.
• Supervises Maintenance Shop and runs operations in the absence of Golf Course Superintendent.
• Attends staff meetings.
• Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Golf Course Superintendent.

Licenses and Special Requirements

• Pesticide Applicator’s certificate.
• Valid driver’s license.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; extreme cold; extreme heat;
• risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• Able to meet and perform the physical requirements and to work effectively in an environment which is typical
• of this position.
• Frequent lifting, bending, climbing, stooping and pulling.