Greenkeeper Apprentice
STOWMARKET GOLF CLUB LTD · STOWMARKET, IP14 3DA
Golf greenkeeper (level 2)
Start a rewarding career in greenkeeping! Join our experienced team at Stowmarket Golf Club as a Greenkeeper Apprentice, gaining hands-on training and a Level 2 qualification while helping maintain our course to a high standard.
The work
Working alongside our experienced greenkeeping team, the apprentice will receive hands-on training while completing a Level 2 Golf Greenkeeper Apprenticeship, gaining the skills and knowledge required to become a qualified greenkeeper. This role sits within the greenkeeping team, reporting to the Course Manager, and covers the maintenance of the golf course and grounds.
Main duties (following a successful training programme) include:
- Maintaining the golf course to the high standards expected
- Mowing greens, tees and other playing areas
- Raking and maintaining bunkers, including topping up sand and weed control
- Divoting tees and fairways
- Assisting with irrigation issues and general irrigation management
- Moving tee markers and setting up the course for daily play
- Strimming and general vegetation management
- Gardening, planting and landscape improvements
- Maintaining the clubhouse surrounds and car park
- Assisting with drainage projects and construction work
- Supporting machinery maintenance and workshop duties where appropriate
- Working safely, efficiently and collaboratively as part of the greenkeeping team
- Working safely, efficiently and collaboratively as part of the greenkeeping team
Training
- Golf Greenkeeper Standard
- English and maths (if required) Level 2
Training provider: SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE
What you come out with
The club is looking to employ long-term, with the aim of the apprentice progressing to a full-time, qualified greenkeeper role and developing further within the greenkeeping team.
What they are looking for
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Reliable
- Willingness to learn
Qualifications
- Desired · GCSE English or Equivalent 9-4 or A-C
- Desired · GCSE Maths or Equivalent 9-4 or A-C
Things to consider
In addition to completing your application here, please send an application letter, explaining why would like to be considered, to course@stowmarketgolfclub.co.uk, FAO Matthew Gill.
The employer
Stowmarket Golf Club is a well-established golf club set in the Suffolk countryside near Stowmarket, employing 25+ club staff, including a five-strong greenkeeping team led by our Course Manager, maintaining the course and grounds to a high standard for members and visitors.
Workplace
- LOWER ROAD, ONEHOUSE, STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK, IP14 3DA