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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Job Title: Greenskeeper I
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Department: Public Works
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FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt
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Pay Range: 18.30-27.45
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Location: Chaska Town Course Maintenance
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Status: Regular, Full-Time
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Reports to: Golf Course Superintendent
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Opens: 08.17.26
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Date Revised: May 10th, 2023
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Closes: 09.06.26 |
The Greenskeeper I provides daily and seasonal maintenance for the The Loop & Chaska Town Golf Courses, including its structures, grounds, and entrance roads.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
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1. Provides mowing and trimming of City’s golf course property, including proper maintenance of bunkers and other course hazard areas.
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2. Identifies course turf conditions and disease and responds accordingly, including the calibration and application of fertilizers and pesticides.
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3. Assists in the maintenance and repair of course equipment and irrigation system, including sprinklers and associated parts.
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4. Maintains all course structures and buildings (i.e. clubhouse, practice facility).
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5. Interacts with public, including course users and residents whose property borders on course; responds to concerns and questions regarding course maintenance.
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6. Assists with supervision of seasonal and part-time crew members.
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7. Occasional assistance with the Chaska Town Course.
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8. Assists other departments as needed and as municipal employee maintains flexibility for on-call status.
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9. Performs snow removal through use of tractors, trucks, snowplows, and snow loaders.
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10. Performs all other related duties as requested or assigned.
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Education and Experience
· High School Diploma or G.E.D.
· 1 or more years of greenskeeper experience desired
Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Class B MN Driver’s License desired
- Ability to obtain Minnesota Pesticide Applicator’s License
- Prior experience using light equipment and golf course motorized maintenance vehicles
- Available for seasonal overtime requirements
- Mowers, trimmers, weed whips, woodchipper
- Sprinkler system
- Hand tools
- Snow removal equipment including plows, blowers, shovels
MENTAL & PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS
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Mental Effort
- Significant attention to safety standards, procedures, and practices
- Meeting deadlines for daily course operation and special events
- Professional and appropriate responsiveness when interacting with the public
- Comfort working with heights and confined space
Physical Demands
- Proper and safe operation of both light and heavy equipment and tools
- Varying and some prolonged periods of riding, standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, grasping, climbing, balancing, and lifting, carrying and moving objects 50+ lbs.
Working Conditions
- Outside in seasonal weather conditions, usually summer
- Golf course hazards including stray golf balls or clubs in play, uneven vehicle paths and course bunkers
Please go to City of Chaska to apply
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