GROUNDS MAINTENANCE (GOLF COURSE), NA-5705-06

Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) is looking for the best and brightest to join our Team! MCCS is a comprehensive program that supports and enhances the quality of life for Marines, their families, and others in the Marine Corps Community. We offer a team oriented environment comprised of military personnel, civilian employees, contractors and volunteers who keep the organization functioning smoothly and effectively.

Major duties

What to Expect: Operates a variety of lawn mowers designed for golf course and trimming equipment such as weed whips, brush cutter, hand saws, pruning and hand sheers. Operates tractors and towed or attached equipment to include, but not limited to; gang mowers, aerators, plows, harrows, chippers, sprayers, post-hole diggers. Works on level or rolling terrain in such areas as open fields, golf courses, lawns, and along roadways. Other duties include, but not limited to; picking up trash, applying fertilizers and pesticides, seed propagation, sodding, planting flowers and shrubs and watering, raking traps, moving tee markers and hole location on greens. Promptly reports any observed workplace hazards, and any injury, occupational illness, and/or property damage resulting from workplace mishaps to the immediate supervisor. Work requires light to moderate physical effort in performing duties such as operating tractors and uncoupling and making couplings between tractors and towed vehicles. Lifts and carries objects up to 45lbs independently and objects over 45lbs with assistance. Exposed to weather and temperature extremes outside, as well as high noise levels, vibrations, and jolts from tractor and towed equipment. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

What are we looking for? Knowledge of irrigation, fertilization, planting, weeding, pruning and mowing. Knowledge and ability to manipulate both tractor and equipment controls at the same time, e.g., operate tractors while raising and lowering gang mowers. Skill in operating boom slope mowers to cut grass on slopes while operating the tractor on the level ground or along roads. Knowledge of equipment to make multiple connections from the equipment to the tractor, connecting mechanical drive shafts, and hydraulic lines. Skill in performing tasks associated with basic grounds maintenance. Knowledge of operating characteristics of the tractor and towed or attached equipment. Must possess, or have ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license and/or any government licenses required.

Requirements

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