Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION, TENNESSEE STATE PARKS DIVISION, DICKSON COUNTY

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Qualifications

Education and Experience: Experience equivalent to three years of increasingly responsible and skilled full-time golf course maintenance work, including the care and maintenance of greens.

Substitution of Education for Experience: College-level course work in agronomy, horticulture, or other agricultural field related to plant and soil science or turf management from an accredited college or university may substitute for the required golf course maintenance work, on a year for year basis, to a maximum of two years, there being no substitution for one year of the required golf course grounds maintenance work, including the care and maintenance of greens at a golf course. (e.g., 45 quarter hours of course work, including at least six quarter hours in a related agricultural field, may substitute for one year of experience).

Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional clock hours in landscape and turf management or horticulture from an accredited vocational or technical school may substitute for required grounds maintenance experience on a year to year basis, to a maximum of one year, there being no substitution for one year of the required golf course grounds maintenance work, including the care and maintenance of greens at a golf course (e.g., 108 clock hours of course work may substitute for one month of experience).

OR

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree in agronomy, horticulture, or other agricultural field related to plant and soil science or turf management.

OR

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associates degree in plant science, horticulture, or other agricultural field related to plant and soil science or turf management, and one year of increasingly responsible and skilled experience in grounds maintenance at a golf course, which must include the care and maintenance of greens.

OR

Education and Experience: Completion of a Certificate in landscape and turf grass management from a vocational school and two years of increasingly responsible and skilled experience in golf course maintenance work, including the care and maintenance of greens.

Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid motor vehicle operators license may be required for employment in some positions.

Note: A transcript is required for proper evaluation of this job class.

Examination Method: Education and experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Summary

Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for leading others in semi-skilled and skilled grounds maintenance work of considerable difficulty at a golf course; and performs related work as required.

Responsibilities

Handling and Moving Objects:

1. Cleans up any chemical or fertilizer spill immediately according to the directed instructions listed on the product container and inform supervisor immediately of incident.
2. Stores, handles, and applies chemicals and fertilizers in a manner consistent with the approved and safe directions stated on the chemical/fertilizer container.

Staffing Organizational Units:

1. Interviews and hires staff as vacancies occur.

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment:

1. Calibrates spreaders and sprayers before applying product to the golf course.
2. Assists in monitoring the main pump station and the transfer pump station to insure continued and accurate operation.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:

1. Applies plant protective chemicals and fertilizers in accordance with local, state, and federal laws and/or regulations.

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment:

1. Leads in the mixing and spraying of herbicides and fungicides to remove unwanted plants from the golf course.
2. Applies plant protective chemicals and fertilizers to the golf course grounds.
3. Leads others in the aerification, topdressing and fertilization of greens and tees to keep them firm, growing and able to absorb water.
4. Operates and utilizes a variety of tools and equipment such as greens mowers, fairway mowers, tee mowers, chemical sprayers, fertilizer spreaders, topdressing machines, soil aerification devices, skid steer loaders, backhoes, and light trucks.
5. Plants turf grass seeds and/or turf grass sod when necessary.
6. Assist in the maintenance of native areas throughout the golf course including spraying, mowing, creation, and seasonal burning.

Interacting With Computers:

1. Irrigates golf course using centralized computer irrigation system.

Coaching and Developing Others:

1. Addresses any performance issues with an employee as to insure unsafe or improper work activities or habits are not continued.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems:

1. Diagnoses and resolves issues such as but not limited to golf course and weather conditions, crew limitations, and disease pressure.

Training and Teaching Others:

1. Supervises and critiques employees to provide guidance in how to better or more timely perform assigned tasks.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:

1. Assists and performs special projects (such as greens renovation, tee construction, irrigation and drainage, design installation, bunker renovation, etc) throughout the golf course as approved and assigned by supervisor.

Performing Administrative Activities:

1. Performs administrative duties including but not limited to timekeeping, daily scheduling, and fuel records.

Performing General Physical Activities:

1. Repairs any leaks or damaged irrigation pipe, fittings, or wires associated with the golf course irrigation system.
2. Performs or assists in the renovation or addition of needed irrigation piping, heads, or wiring throughout the golf course.
3. Leads others in the mowing of fairways, greens, tees, roughs and other grounds maintenance duties such as the changing of cups and the raking of bunkers.
4. Cares for established turf grass by mulching, aerifying, weeding, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
5. Assists in the construction, repair, or painting of golf course buildings or accessories.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:

1. Trains employees on new job assignments so the work is carried out in a safe and timely manner to accomplish the objective of the assignment.
2. Conducts interim reviews and performance evaluations on staff.

Scheduling Work and Activities:

1. Monitors soil moisture content during the turf grass growing season to assist with determining the proper amount of irrigation to apply to the golf course during nightly watering.
2. Schedules daily work or special events (such as tournament preparation, seasonal aerification, etc.)
3. Assists in the ongoing environmental projects of the golf course including construction and implementation of new projects.

Documenting/Recording Information:

1. Maintains records of all chemical and fertilizer applications in electronic or hard copy form in accordance with local, state, or federal regulations.
2. Keeps simple records and make routine reports such as time expended and materials used.
3. Assists in recording activity of wildlife through journal entries and photographs.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:

1. Assists in promotion of environmental efforts and projects with the general public and guests.

Competencies

Competencies:

1. Planning
2. Delegation
3. Problem Solving
4. Priority Setting
5. Command Skills
6. Ethics & Values
7. Listening
8. Dealing with Ambiguity
9. Intellectual Horsepower
10. Directing Others
11. Informing
12. Time Management
13. Drive for Results
14. Decision Quality
15. Organizing
16. Process Management
17. Timely Decision Making
18. Action Oriented
19. Organizational Agility
20. Confronting Direct Reports
21. Hiring & Staffing
22. Standing Alone
23. Career Ambition
24. Fairness to Direct Reports
25. Managing Diversity
26. Motivating Others
27. Negotiating
28. Learning on the Fly
29. Managing Through System
30. Perseverance
31. Approachability
32. Boss Relationships
33. Patience
34. Peer Relationships
35. Self-Knowledge
36. Strategic Agility
37. Comfort Around Higher Management
38. Written Communication
39. Composure
40. Integrity & Trust
41. Building Effective Teams
42. Self-Development
43. Dealing with Paradox
44. Work/Life Balance
45. Perspective

Knowledge:

1. Biology
2. Mathematics
3. Chemistry
4. Administration & Management
5. Building and Construction
6. Mechanical
7. Clerical
8. Computers and Electronics
9. Psychology

Skills:

1. Operation Monitoring
2. Equipment Maintenance
3. Instructing
4. Troubleshooting
5. Science
6. Equipment Selection
7. Operation and Control
8. Management of Personnel Resources
9. Time Management
10. Mathematics
11. Management of Material Resources
12. Monitoring
13. Writing
14. Negotiation
15. Persuasion
16. Installation
17. Judgment & Decision Making
18. Critical Thinking
19. Reading Comprehension
20. Complex Problem Solving
21. Management of Financial Resources
22. Coordination
23. Active Learning
24. Speaking

Abilities:

1. Oral Comprehension
2. Problem Sensitivity
3. Control Precision
4. Deductive Reasoning
5. Mathematical Reasoning
6. Written Comprehension
7. Reaction Time
8. Extent Flexibility
9. Gross Body Equilibrium
10. Depth Perception
11. Peripheral Vision
12. Memorization
13. Number Facility
14. Oral Expression
15. Rate Control
16. Dynamic Strength
17. Near Vision
18. Speech Clarity
19. Speech Recognition
20. Spatial Orientation
21. Written Expression
22. Stamina
23. Sound Localization
24. Time Sharing
25. Response Orientation
26. Static Strength
27. Trunk Strength
28. Hearing Sensitivity
29. Multilimb Coordination
30. Gross Body Coordination
31. Auditory Attention
32. Far Vision
33. Visualization
34. Manual Dexterity
35. Visual Color Discrimination
36. Originality

Tools & Equipment

1. Personal Computer
2. Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax
3. Motorized Golf Course Equipment
4. Hand Held Gas Powered Chainsaw, Trimmers, etc.
5. Telephone
6. Motor Vehicles
7. Seeders/Spreaders

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.