Golf Course Maintenance Technician I

City of Liberal; Liberal (KS); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Liberal is seeking a Golf Course Maintenance Technician I to maintain greens, fairways, tees, and related areas of the municipal golf course. You will operate a range of mowing equipment, control thatch, level sand traps, water greens, and perform preventive maintenance on machinery.

Responsibilities include custodial duties around the golf course buildings, assisting with tee and green construction projects, and ensuring quality customer service to golfers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of standard methods, practices, tools and equipment used in developing and maintaining the fairways and greens of a golf course.

Responsibilities

• Operates triplex greens mowers, walking and triplex riding power mowers in cutting grass of greens, collars of greens, around sand traps and the more inaccessible areas of fairways.
• Trims bushes and low branches of trees on fairways.
• Operates self-propelled varticut machine for removal of the thatch on greens.
• Operates power rakes and levels sand traps and removes grass and weeds from edges.
• Operates machine which drills holes in greens to allow aerification of turf.
• Waters greens and fairways.
• Caulks broken water pipelines or replaces valves for sprinkling system and performs related work to maintain efficient operation of greens and fairways water system.
• Changes greens cups, moves tee markers, services ball washers, raises golf ball marks, spot waters greens and collars.
• Oversees greens and fairways, applies top dressing and sand to greens, operates sweeper to remove cut grass from greens, cleans ponds and picks up trash.
• Performs custodial and maintenance duties in and around the buildings of the golf course, including painting and minor repairs.
• Performs minor maintenance tasks on motorized equipment such as cleaning, oiling and greasing.
• Meets the public and answers questions regarding use of golf course.
• Performs construction of tees and greens or other golf related projects.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.

Skills

Mowing operations

Equipment operation

Safety awareness

Communication in English

Tools

Greens mowers

Throwable sprayers / spray machines

Job description

City of Liberal is seeking a Golf Course Maintenance Technician I to maintain greens, fairways, tees, and related areas of the municipal golf course. You will operate a range of mowing equipment, control thatch, level sand traps, water greens, and perform preventive maintenance on machinery.

Responsibilities include custodial duties around the golf course buildings, assisting with tee and green construction projects, and ensuring quality customer service to golfers.