Golf Course Maintenance Intern

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform wide ranges of duties to give broad exposure and experience as required by internship.
• Operates most, if not all, equipment used on daily maintenance, both walking and riding equipment as well as restricted use pieces of equipment.
• Operates small machinery to assist with edging, trimming and mowing.
• Involves in tasks related to golf course detail (weed and debris clean-up, poa eradication, etc).
• Maintains gasoline or diesel, oil and other equipment fluid levels daily.
• Checking in at both the beginning and end of shift.
• Report equipment problems and failures to the mechanic immediately and fill out the correct paperwork.
• May perform daily equipment repair and maintenance as directed by Head Mechanic.
• Planting, pruning, and transport of vegetative material.
• Maintains proper radio etiquette and return radios to chargers when finished.
• Able to effectively handle multiple tasks.
• Incorporates safe work practices in job performance.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Maintains a professional standard at Juniper Preserve including, but not limited to, appearance, interaction with members, associates, guests of the resort, verbal discussions and written correspondence.
• Does not discuss work related issues with members and resort guests.
• Maintains positive attitude and the flexibility to take on new and different tasks as assigned by the Director of Agronomy/superintendents/mechanics.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and speak English.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• The ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervision of Greenskeepers when called upon.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Driver’s License required.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Primarily outdoor shifts.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.