Golf Course Maintenance Intern (INTERNAL POSTING)

Maintains Golf Course and Landscaping

• Trims and feeds shrubs and trees
• Removes cuttings
• Maintains landscape beds around clubhouse and club grounds
• Rakes and blows leaves
• Mows greens and fairways by operating walk-behind turf equipment

Essential Job Functions

• Equipment Operator 1 responsibilities
• Operates machinery: triplex, fairway mower, rough mower, Sandpro and turbine blower
• Executes hand watering and fertilization (excluding greens)
• Basic knowledge of golf course setup
• 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
• Digs holes and trenches to maintain or construct irrigation and drainage lines
• Installs pipe and backfills excavations
• Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Golf Course Superintendent

Requirements

• Six months of experience in golf course grounds maintenance or greenkeeping
• Flexibility to work weekends, holidays and occasional overtime
• Hardworking, motivated person with positive attitude
• Must be responsible and reliable
• Understands and adheres to all directives within the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club Operating and Lake Nona Personnel Handbook

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Able to work in strenuous weather conditions including extreme heat, humidity, rain and cold
• (Long periods of) climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling and repetitive motions
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Able to navigate through rough and uneven terrain
• Able to follow written and verbal instructions
• Physically able to do assigned work as outlined above