What are the responsibilities and job description for the Irrigation Technician position at Hunters Run Country Club?
POSITION SUMMARY: The Irrigation Technician is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the golf course irrigation system(s).
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform routine irrigation checks using tablets, digital clocks, and satellite boxes.
- Ability to add or relocate irrigation heads, replace valves, change nozzles, and run basic irrigation piping as necessary.
- Must be proactive in locating wet and/or dry spots to adjust times as necessary.
- Maintains a proper inventory of products.
- Performs preventive maintenance.
- Keeps the satellites clean and debris free.
- Repairs the irrigation system, pipes and irrigation heads as needed.
- Ability to supervise a small labor force for special projects.
- Maintains direct communication with all supervisors listed above.
- Attends applicable training seminars and classes to keep knowledge current.
- Assists Golf Course superintendent with additional duties as necessary.
Education/Experience:
- High School diploma or general education degree.
- Golf course experience preferred.
- Irrigation experience, a plus.
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
Qualifications/Skills
- Ability to understand, interpret and follow a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- Outside work for extended periods of time and precautions should be taken. Ability to work in all kinds of weather.
- Availability to work overtime, weekends, and holidays. Must be on call for emergencies after hours.
- Ability to start at approx. 6:00am
Licenses or Certificates
Preferred although not required.
Physical Requirements (The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to feel, handle and operate; reach with hands and arms; and see, talk and hear.
- The employee is frequently required to walk, bend, push, pull, reach.
- Must be able to occasionally lift, push, pull and move up to 50 lbs.
- Outside work for extended periods of time and precautions should be taken.
Grooming
- All employees must wear uniform.
Other
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, seasonality, rush jobs or technological.)
