GREENS SUPERINTENDENT
DEFINITION
Under direction, directs and administers a comprehensive maintenance program for regulation golf
courses; directs employees engaged in carrying out the specialized maintenance program; may
develop plans for improvement of golf courses; does related work as required.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Plans and supervises a variety of maintenance programs related to the proper care of the turf and
land areas of golf course.
Gives suitable assignments and instructions to assigned personnel.
Requisitions, receives, accounts for, stores and issues materials and supplies.
Recommends the selection of specific equipment for maintenance of golf courses.
May attend conference related to turf management or golf course maintenance.
Supervises and works with the supervising greenskeepers and their crews in maintaining golf
courses.
Schedules the workers so as to provide full coverage during the peak season, as well as the
remainder of the year.
May use different chemical formulas or mixtures to improve the playing surfaces and to prevent the
growth of weeds.
Diagnoses any disease, harmful insects or weed found on the turf and determines the proper
treatment to remove them.
May take soil samples and runs soil tests to determine and direct the application of the proper type
and amounts of lime, fertilizers, insecticides or fungicides to be used.
Directs the operation and repair of underground irrigation systems.
Insures the proper care and use of assigned equipment, materials and supplies.
Keeps needed records of personnel, equipment, materials, work done, and time spent.
Prepares suitable reports.
Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in constructing new areas and
preserving golf course grounds.
Plans work programs, utilizing experience and established agronomic practices, to improve and
maintain turf and playing condition of course.
Plans new areas or changes in course and directs workers engaged in cultivation, grading,
seeding, and sodding of area.
Tours grounds to ascertain work progress and condition of course.
Inspects turf in order to determine height and frequency of mowing, and determine need for
supplemental irrigation to sustain or force growth.
Reviews and keeps employee time records.
Interviews, hires, and discharges workers.
May assign workers to short course training sessions related to course maintenance.
REQUIREMENTS
EXPERIENCE
Six years of supervisory experience in planning and directing work programs, using agronomic
methods, in order to improve and maintain the turf and playing condition of a regulation 18 hole or
larger golf course.
OR
Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major course of
study in turf management, agronomy or horticulture and two years of supervisory experience in
planning and directing work programs, using agronomic methods, in order to improve and maintain
the turf and playing condition of a regulation 18 hole or larger golf course.
LICENSE
Possession of a current and valid certificate as a commercial pesticide applicator or a commercial
pesticide operator issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection may be
required.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation
of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the
position.
KNOWLEDGE
Thorough knowledge of the equipment and methods used in caring for and maintaining golf
courses.
Thorough knowledge of varied specialized types of machinery and equipment.
Thorough knowledge of turf management as related to a specific area.
Thorough knowledge of selecting and scheduling the use of fertilizers, lime, insecticides,
herbicides and fungicides and of various types of grass species and the type of disease that will
attack each kind of grass species.
Thorough knowledge of various types of irrigation systems.
ABILITIES
Ability to read, write, speak, understand or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties
of the position. Communication may include such forms as American Sign Language or braille.
Ability to give suitable assignments and instruction to employees and to provide technical advice
and direction when difficult and unusual problems arise.
Ability to establish training program that ensures effective performance of employees and to see
that reasonable standards of workmanship and output are maintained and that desired objectives
are achieved.
Ability to work harmoniously with associates, citizens and others using the golf courses.
Ability to supervise and work with supervisors and others involved with golf course maintenance.
Ability to prepare suitable reports and keep necessary records and files.
Ability to recognize various grass diseases and to prescribe the proper treatment.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential
functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the
accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such
persons may not be eligible.
