Apprentice Greenkeeper

Due to growth and development, we are seeking the right individual to join our fantastic greenkeeping team. To help maintain a high standard of two 18-hole golf courses, academy course and driving range.

The right individual would be someone seeking to start their career in greenkeeping, through an apprenticeship, which would develop their knowledge and skills.

A golf Greenkeeper will carry out the following:

- Maintain good standards of health and safety for self and others.
- Preparing the golf course for play, which will include removing early morning dew and debris from the greens, raking bunkers, moving tee markers, cutting new holes on greens.
- Preparing and using equipment and machinery to maintain and renovate all turf surfaces within the golf course, including the use of tractors, ride-on machines, and specialist equipment.
- Using a variety of integrated methods to control weeds, fungal diseases, pests, and turf disorders
- Maintain and renovate bunkers and other hazards such as water features
- Maintain drainage and irrigation systems.
- Preparing ground to establish turf and plants when maintaining, renovating, and constructing golf course features.

Knowledge and Understanding

A golf Greenkeeper apprentice will learn the following technical knowledge:

- Identify their role in monitoring and maintaining health and safety within the workplace.
- Identification of a number of grasses, weeds, pests, diseases, turf disorders, plants, and trees
- The primary aspects of soil and plant biology include the process of germination - photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration
- The principles of mowing and machine maintenance and their operation
**The need and implications of rolling, verti-cutting, scarification, and aeration**:

- The strategies for controlling weeds, pests, diseases, and turf disorders
- How fertilisers, top dressing, and chemicals affect playing surfaces
- How course maintenance practices affect the environment
- Basic information technology
- Be aware of the importance of the Rules of Golf and golf course etiquette
- Recognise the importance of environmental and ecological best practices
- The operation of irrigation, drainage systems, and their maintenance

The Behaviours of a Golf Greenkeeper:
Golf club employers are very customer focused and require their apprentices to have a set of personal skills and behaviours that will ensure success in their current and future roles as an individual and in meeting the company’s aims and objectives.

The behaviours required by golf club employees will be:

- Have a strong work ethic, including pride in work, attention to detail, integrity, and time management
- Have a flexible positive attitude to work
- Ability to work as a lone worker and as a member of a team
- A willingness to learn and contribute to their own continuing professional development
- Having a safety mindset for self, colleagues, and golfers
- A clear and effective communicator who can use a variety of communication methods to give/receive information accurately and in a timely and positive manner
- Problem solving and effective decision-making

Work Remotely
- No

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person