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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Golf Course Superintendent
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 14222 Salary Grade: EB2
Approved: October 21, 1998 Last Revised: April 08, 2012

Purpose:
  Under limited direction, manage the grounds maintenance of an 18-hole golf course, providing management to supervisory staff responsible for year round, seven day per week golf course maintenance, and ensuring that playing surfaces are kept in the best possible conditions, adjusting for weather, climate, playing demands, and budgetary constraints.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
1. Oversees the turf maintenance of greens, roughs, fairways, and surrounding landscaping to conform to U. S. Golf Association standards.
2. Plans and implement cultivation programs and disease, insect, and weed control programs to ensure optimal playing surfaces under a wide variety of conditions.
3. Designs and maintains the landscaping of the acreage surrounding the greens, fairways, and roughs. Assists in the design of modifications to golf greens and fairways.
4. Provides technical expertise such as reviewing test results of soil and turf samples, directing the application of fertilizer, insecticide, and fungicide, and dealing with weather-related problems such as heat, floods, windstorms, and freezes.
5. Communicates with golfers, golf associations, pro shop staff, vendors, and other interested parties to ensure turf management is coordinated with tournaments and other activities.
6. Maintains detailed records and reports of turf maintenance activities.
7. Initiates and/or approves requisitions, work orders, and schedules to ensure proper coordination of activities.
8. Monitors and administers the annual operating budget to ensure expenses remain within budget allocations.
9. Writes specifications and provide technical assistance in the purchase of necessary equipment.
10. Establishes and enforces safety rules for employees and for golfers while on golf course property
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
  Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
Knowledge of Golf Course Management.
Knowledge of turf maintenance and insecticides, and fungicides.
Knowledge of supervisory and managerial techniques and principles.
Knowledge of safety practices and procedures.
Knowledge of city practice, policy and procedures.
Knowledge of fiscal planning and budget preparation.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
Skill in using computes and related tasks
Skill in planning and organizing.
Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other city department and the public.
Minimum Qualifications:
  Associate's degree in Golf Course Turf Management or related field, plus three (3) years of experience supervising golf course grounds.

Experience may substitute for education up to two (2) years.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
  Texas Class "C" Driver's license.
Will be required to obtain and maintain a valid pesticide applicator's license

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.