Clubhouse Landscaper

This position is responsible for maintenance of the grounds and landscaping at the golf club, to include the golf course, clubhouse, and tennis areas ensuring a visually appealing environment for members and guests.

• Performs lawn care duties, including mowing, trimming, edging, and blowing, weed eating grounds on golf course, clubhouse and tennis areas.

• Trim around trees, bunkers, and other landscape features.

• Clears land, trims bushes and trees.

• Maintains pond banks; ensure proper drainage in water hazards.

• Keep pathways and walkways clear.

• Performs light facility maintenance and painting, as needed.

• Applies chemicals.

• Maintains clubhouse.

• Assist as needed during peak season(s), special events, tournaments and weather-related events.

• Serves as back up to co-workers.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• High School Diploma or equivalent, preferred.

• One-year experience performing groundskeeping, landscaping, or outdoor laborer work. Prior experience at a golf course preferred.

• Any combination of education and experience totaling one-year may be considered.

• Valid South Carolina Driver's license, preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of groundskeeping.

• Knowledge of safety practices involved in groundskeeping.

• Knowledge of golf course care.

• Skill in the use of greens, fairway, tee, and rough mowers.

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

• Ability to operate weed eater, edger, blower and brush cutter.

• Ability to perform heavy lifting.

• Ability to be attentive to surroundings while working on a golf course.

• Ability to multi-task.

• Ability to work in all-weather situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move bags of fertilizer and other objects and the following physical abilities: balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity, and walking.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work is typically performed outdoors with constant exposure to noise, dirt, grease, irritating chemicals, insects, inclement weather and golfers. Employee exposed to a variety of maintenance equipment and chemicals.

REASONABLE ACCOMODATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.

The City reserves the right to revise this position description at any time.