Groundskeeper - Golf Course

GROUNDSKEEPER

• GOLF COURSE GROUNDSKEEPER -GOLF COURSE Department/Location: Public Works and Utilities / Golf Course FLSA Status: Non-exempt Classification: Essential: This position is an Essential classification and will require the employee to report for duty before, during and/or after an emergency or hurricane. Supervision Exercised: None Supervision Received: Reports directly to the Golf Course Superintendent or designated representative. General Purpose of the Position: The purpose of this position is to perform the care and cultivation of the City of Bradenton’s Municipal Golf Course fairways, greens, tees, roughs, plantings, shrubs, hedges, and trees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Use specialized equipment required to maintain a golf course property (i.e. Green and tee mowers and other mowers on an assigned basis). Skills and Physical Abilities Required:
• Knowledge of the operational characteristics of specialized equipment used in golf course maintenance.
• Knowledge of the use and operation of hand tools and techniques used in gardening.
• Must be able to understand and carry out written and oral instructions to completion.
• Ability to operate equipment used with minimum job training.
• Must be able to adhere to prescribed routines and practices and establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public.
• Able to work independently and make discretionary decisions on problems encountered.
• This position requires heavy manual labor with moderate to heavy lifting of up to seventy-five (75) pounds and constant bending, pulling, pushing, and riding of equipment.
• Perform other related duties as assigned. Computer Equipment and Software Requirements: None.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or GED equivalent. A comparable amount of training or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications. At the discretion of the City Administrator or designee, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to provide the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and ability to successfully perform the essential functions of the job will be considered.

Valid Florida Driver License is required or ability to obtain within 30 days of establishing residency in Florida and ability to maintain a valid Florida driver’s license. Environmental Conditions: Incumbent is subject to outside activities with no effective protection from weather changes, noise, vibrations, job hazards, and atmospheric conditions.

Pay Grade: 108 This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job related instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of this position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties.

Duties and responsibilities

are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Position : 572217006 Code : 1106-1 Type : INTERNAL & EXTERNAL Location : GOLF COURSE Grade : 108 Group : PW RANK AN Job Class : GROUNDSKEEPER Posting Start : 10/06/2026 Posting End : 12/31/9999 Salary: $14.

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