Groundskeeper II

Job Summary

Performs responsible semiskilled work in the maintenance of the municipal golf course; does related work as required. Work is performed under regular supervision.

• Preparing, maintaining, and mowing the golf course; maintaining course facilities.
• Mows fairways, roughs, and greens; changes pin location; rakes sand traps.
• Top dresses and seeds greens as needed.
• Assists with grounds improvement; lays sod; repairs cart paths and other facilities.
• Trims and prunes trees; trims hedges.
• Edges around sand traps.
• To maintain landscaping in an attractive and aesthetic, pleasing manner, keeping grounds, rights-of-way, and medians free of weeds and pests utilizing recognized tools of the landscape maintenance trade
• Weeds landscaped areas by hand, utilizing mechanical methods such as a scuffle hoe, string trimmer or roto-tiller o
• Requires the use of hand sprayers, backpack sprayers, electric powered sprayers, and cyclone and drop spreaders.
• Applies landscape mulch to landscape beds using hand tools, wheelbarrows, small tractors with a loader attachment, dump trailers, and small dump trucks.
• Prunes trees and palms from the ground using gas powered or hand pruning or chain saw tools, prunes shrubs and ground covers using hand tools or gas-powered hedge shears
• May require some work from step ladders or extension ladders
• Applies fertilizer to landscape beds, trees and palms
• Edges landscape beds with hand tools or gas powered edgers
• Removes trash and dead plants, and replaces plants
• Cleans practice green; keeps golf course clean and free of debris.
• Mows, edges, weeds eats and blows off cart paths.
• Assists with the maintenance and cleaning of general clubhouse and grounds.
• Conducts Integrated Pest Management (IPM) inspections on a weekly basis and applies proper insecticides and fungicides to control the problem
• Calculates fertilizer rates and calibrates spreaders
• Provides written monthly inspection and maintenance reports to inform Supervisor or present and future maintenance needs
• Removes unsightly trash and debris from public areas by regularly inspecting grounds, drains, manhole covers, etc., for debris; raking, sweeping and bagging leaves, debris, dirt and trash from streets, sidewalks, parking lots, tunnels, and transporting the trash to designated central collection points on a daily basis
• Prepares outdoor locations for use by visitors, vendors, and the public as needed by campus operations and, if applicable, painting and marking athletic fields, moving bleachers and seating, and erecting portable goals or other athletic equipment
• Replaces and disposes of light bulbs in interior building settings using ladders, lifts, or other tools
• Performs related tasks as required.

Performs responsible semiskilled work in the maintenance of the municipal golf course; does related work as required. Work is performed under regular supervision.

• Preparing, maintaining, and mowing the golf course; maintaining course facilities.
• Mows fairways, roughs, and greens; changes pin location; rakes sand traps.
• Top dresses and seeds greens as needed.
• Assists with grounds improvement; lays sod; repairs cart paths and other facilities.
• Trims and prunes trees; trims hedges.
• Edges around sand traps.
• To maintain landscaping in an attractive and aesthetic, pleasing manner, keeping grounds, rights-of-way, and medians free of weeds and pests utilizing recognized tools of the landscape maintenance trade
• Weeds landscaped areas by hand, utilizing mechanical methods such as a scuffle hoe, string trimmer or roto-tiller o
• Requires the use of hand sprayers, backpack sprayers, electric powered sprayers, and cyclone and drop spreaders.
• Applies landscape mulch to landscape beds using hand tools, wheelbarrows, small tractors with a loader attachment,…