Greenkeeper - Summer cover

Enjoy working outdoors and looking for some summer work, we are offering a temporary summer opportunity within the greenkeeping team to get a good practical feel of their chosen career. This role will give you the opportunity to experience different machines, terrains and working practices.

Mount Pleasant Golf Club is privately owned expanding course in Bedfordshire. In 2021 the course expanded to 18-holes.

The course is kept to a high standard for members and visitors so the applicants must have excellent work ethic, dedication, passion and be a good team player with a keen eye for presentation and detail.

The successful candidate will be working with, and reporting, to the Director of Golf and you will be responsible for maintaining and presenting the golf course to the highest tournament standards on a daily basis., · Monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the workplace

· General ground care including tree and shrubbery work

• Set up the golf course, including changing holes, moving tee markers, indicating OOB, Drop zones and hazards


• Switch and brush greens


• Renovate worn and damaged turf


• When fully trained and signed off by Director of Golf, cut tees, greens, surrounds, fairways, rough and semi rough


• When fully trained and signed off by Director of Golf, apply top dressing and fertilizer


• Identify and control pests and diseases


• Prepare and maintain machinery


· Cutting practices including greens, tees, approaches, and rough Scarifying/grooming/verti-cutting turf

· Cutting practices including greens, tees, approaches, and rough

· Machine maintenance

· Bunker maintenance including raking, edging and weeding

· Ideally, candidates should working towards an NVQ level 2 or equivalent and have some experience of golf course/grounds maintenance

· A strong work ethic and dedication to greenkeeping

· Valid driving license

· This can be a part-time or full-time but candidates must have the flexibility to work any days, including weekends