Laborer

Laborer

The Laborer position is responsible for maintaining the golf course grounds, clubhouse, and landscaping. The duties include but are not limited to: mowing greens, tees, approaches, and collars. Operating backpack blowers, string trimmers, and hedge trimmers. Hand-rakes bunkers and uses turf maintenance equipment, including tractors, loaders, trenchers, mowers, and four-wheelers.

Essential Functions

• Plants and maintains ornamental shrubs and trees.
• Trims and feeds shrubs and trees; removes cuttings.
• Maintains landscape beds around clubhouse and club grounds.
• Rakes and blows leaves.
• Mows greens, fairways, tees, and rough by operating walk-behind and riding turf equipment.
• Prepares and lays sod.
• Prepares soil plant beds and establishes plantings by seed or transplants.
• Maintains annual and perennial flowers in aesthetic arrangements.
• Rakes bunkers.
• Loads and unloads materials.
• Repairs and maintains golf course and driving range tees.
• Cleans equipment used on the golf course and practice area.
• Aerifies and spikes greens.
• Digs holes and trenches to maintain or construct irrigation and drainage lines.
• Installs pipe and backfills excavations.
• Empty garbage cans.
• Attends staff meetings.
• Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Golf Course Superintendent and Assistant.

Other Functions

• Attends staff meetings.

Competencies

• Ability to operate all equipment safely after training has been completed.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Required

• High school diploma, or equivalent.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Golf Course or Landscaping experience preferred, but not required.
• Must be willing to work outside year-round.
• Must be able to work some holidays and weekends.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, non-exempt position with working hours Monday through Friday. Some overtime, holidays, or weekends may be required.

Typical shifts run from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the summer and 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the winter.

Travel

No travel is required for this position

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; extreme cold; extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job: The employee is regularly required to talk or listen effectively. Ability to perform required tasks associated with position including, but not limited to, kneeling, squatting, standing, walking, climbing a ladder, and the ability to pick up or carry up to 50 pounds.

• Able to meet and perform physical requirements and to work effectively in an environment which is typical of this position.
• Frequent lifting, bending, climbing, stooping, and pulling.
• May need to use some protective equipment, such as gloves, earplugs, eye guards/visors, boots and hat.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement

Cold Water Canyon provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

In addition to federal law requirements, Cold Water Canyon complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Cold Water Canyon expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Cold Water Canyon's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.