Greenskeeper I

Greenskeeper I

The Greenskeeper I provides daily and seasonal maintenance for the The Loop & Chaska Town Golf Courses, including its structures, grounds, and entrance roads.

Responsibilities

• Provides mowing and trimming of City's golf course property, including proper maintenance of bunkers and other course hazard areas.
• Identifies course turf conditions and disease and responds accordingly, including the calibration and application of fertilizers and pesticides.
• Assists in the maintenance and repair of course equipment and irrigation system, including sprinklers and associated parts.
• Maintains all course structures and buildings (i.e. Clubhouse, practice facility).
• Interacts with public, including course users and residents whose property borders on course; responds to concerns and questions regarding course maintenance.
• Assists with supervision of seasonal and part-time crew members.
• Occasional assistance with the Chaska Town Course.
• Assists other departments as needed and as municipal employee maintains flexibility for on-call status.
• Performs snow removal through use of tractors, trucks, snowplows, and snow loaders.
• Performs all other related duties as requested or assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• One or more years of greenskeeper experience desired

Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Class B MN Driver's License desired
• Ability to obtain Minnesota Pesticide Applicator's License
• Prior experience using light equipment and golf course motorized maintenance vehicles
• Available for seasonal overtime requirements

Equipment, Mental & Physical Demands

EQUIPMENT USED

• Mowers, trimmers, weed whips, woodchipper
• Sprinkler system
• Hand tools
• Snow removal equipment including plows, blowers, shovels

MENTAL & PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS

Mental Effort

• Significant attention to safety standards, procedures, and practices
• Meeting deadlines for daily course operation and special events
• Professional and appropriate responsiveness when interacting with the public
• Comfort working with heights and confined space

Physical Demands

• Proper and safe operation of both light and heavy equipment and tools
• Varying and some prolonged periods of riding, standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, grasping, climbing, balancing, and lifting, carrying and moving objects 50+ lbs.

Working Conditions

• Outside in seasonal weather conditions, usually summer
• Golf course hazards including stray golf balls or clubs in play, uneven vehicle paths and course bunkers