- 23-May-2023 to 22-Jun-2023 (EST)
- Golf Course Maintenance
- Silver Spring, MD, USA
- per hour Negotiable depending on experience.
- Hourly
- Seasonal - Full Time
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Job Title: Golf Technician I
Full Time, Seasonal - 40 hours per week
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience.
Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. AND every other Saturday and Sunday overtime hours from 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Leisure World of Maryland is a private, age-restricted community comprised of 29 housing associations and 8,000 residents and includes Trust properties such as a golf course and two club houses. We are seeking golf technicians to maintain our 18-hole golf course. This position is seasonal approximately from March through October 2023.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & BASIC DUTIES:
Operates a variety of equipment and tools including but not limited to: golf carts, mowers, utility vehicles, tractors, bunker rakes, pruning equipment, rollers, aerators, top dressers, pruning equipment, string line trimmers, blowers and a variety of other hand tools to perform the following tasks:
- Mowing of greens, tees, fairways and roughs.
- Walk mowing our lawn bowling green, along with other areas.
- Trimming around trees, bunkers, curbing, signage and other objects hard to reach areas for mowers.
- Raking Bunkers.
- Filling tee divots.
- Replacing water coolers and removal of trash on the golf course, tennis courts and gardens.
- Changing hole locations and relocating tee marker positions.
- Hose-watering greens, tees and new sod.
- Edging sprinkler heads, yardage plaques and mulch beds.
- Spreading wood chips in various locations in areas out of play.
- Chipping brush and splitting wood.
- Leveling soil and seeding or laying sod.
- Weeding and maintenance of plant beds.
- Backpack blowing and turbine blowing leaves and storm debris.
- Shoveling snow and spreading salt on pro shop and maintenance Shop walkways when necessary.
- Winter tree work.
- Painting of golf course accessories in the winter off season.
- Performing minor maintenance and repair of grounds maintenance equipment.
- Operating heavy equipment such as backhoe and trencher.
- Providing operational guidance and support to part-time and seasonal coworkers.
- Assisting in any other requests pertaining to golf maintenance.
- All other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
YEARS AND TYPE OF EXPERIENCE
Preferably 1 or more years of golf maintenance work or commercial landscaping experience and/or training.
Chainsaw operation experience is a plus.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
- Ability to consistently provide a high level of accurate work delivered in a timely manner.
- Ability to prioritize work assignments.
- Ability to identify and respond to customer needs in a courteous manner.
- Ability to understand verbal instructions and read work orders and schedules.
- Ability to regularly work with and handle fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides.
- Ability to communicate effectively utilizing various technologies such as telephone, computer, web, e-mail, etc.
We can offer you a challenging and rewarding environment with many opportunities to learn, grow and achieve great results. If you want to be part of our team, we'd love to hear from you.
