Golf Course Supervisor

The person supervising golf course greenkeepers must be a competent golf course greenkeeper and must also be competent in the following:

• Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security of the work areas
• Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self, team and others
• Carry out risk assessments
• Respond to accidents and emergencies
• Holding team meetings
• Communicating information to staff, management and golfers
• Briefing teams
• Allocating work and supervising the greenkeeping staff
• Training staff
• Develop their own skills and manage their time

• Survey, collect and record data on the golf course environment
• Report on the condition of the golf course environment
• Promote good environmental practice

• Supervising construction/renovation projects
• Estimating resource requirements and programme work

• Supervising turf maintenance
• Planning and ensuring the maintenance of a golf course in accordance with the golf course policy document
• Supervising the preparation of machines for use
• Supervising the maintenance of machines
• Supervising the preparation of the machines for storage
• Operate and maintain irrigation systems
• Maintain drainage systems
• Planning and managing the control of weeds, pests and disease
• Prepare, establish and maintain grass swards
• Using IT

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