This is semi-skilled and skilled landscaping and grounds maintenance work at various public golf courses with limited supervisory responsibilities.

Employees in this class perform a full variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks which are necessary to properly maintain public golf courses. Assignments involve field work requiring considerable knowledge of various methods of specialized landscape maintenance and proper operation of mechanized mowing, irrigation and fertilization equipment. Positions allocated to this class differ from the Golf Attendant 1 level in that all work is performed with a higher degree of independence of action and incumbents are responsible for coordinating work of lower level positions. Supervision may be exercised over golf attendants and other related golf course maintenance personnel through daily work assignment and review. Supervision is received from an administrative superior who checks work in progress and upon completion for thoroughness in completion of assigned tasks.

ILLUSTRATIVE TASKS

Supervises and participates in the operation of various mechanized equipment used in raking, cutting, irrigating and fertilizing putting greens, teeing areas, fairways, roughs, sand traps and surrounding areas.

Supervises and participates in planting, transplanting, cutting and fertilizing of trees, shrubs, flowers and specialized turf in accordance with specific instructions and golf course design.

Determines placement of cup holes and sets pin placement in putting greens; determines placement of the markers in teeing areas.

Supervises and participates in the operation of equipment used in the spraying of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides on the golf course or surrounding areas; cleans equipment as needed.

Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES AND SKILLS

Considerable knowledge of various plant life typical of South Florida golf courses and their related diseases and growth characteristics.

Considerable knowledge of golf course operations including greenskeeping and landscape maintenance.

Considerable knowledge of the various types, application, storage requirements and effects of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides.

Knowledge of operational characteristics and occupational hazards associated with landscape maintenance.

Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

Ability to keep required records and prepare activity reports.

Ability to determine required landscape maintenance work in accordance with the specialized requirements of a golf course.

Ability to operate assigned equipment in the prescribed manner and detect malfunctioning mechanical systems.

Ability to apply various chemicals as prescribed.

Ability to plan, assign and supervise the work of subordinates and train them in all phases of golf course maintenance.

Skill in the use of various close tolerance mowing and spraying equipment.

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