Positions in this title series perform skilled work, requiring specialized training and experience, to maintain, operate, and supervise golf courses and related facilities and equipment. In addition, they supervise and maintain other recreational facilities at the courses and are responsible for off-season course activities, such as cross-country skiing. These positions are found only in the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
Grounds Workers perform unskilled maintenance to grounds, playing fields, roadways, and other outdoor areas and generally work under the direct supervision of higher level grounds or maintenance staff.
Park Managers manage, supervise, and maintain park and recreation facilities operated by the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and supervise programs and activities at those facilities.
Park Workers perform a variety of unskilled and semiskilled maintenance tasks, provide assistance to the public, and perform other administrative and technical tasks to maintain and operate parks and recreational facilities.
GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR: supervises and performs skilled maintenance, rehabilitation, and repairs to golf courses and related facilities, equipment, and irrigation and aeration systems.
GOLF COURSE MANAGER 1: manages maintenance and operations for an 18 hole par 3 golf course or a 9 hole regulation golf course; or serves as second-in-command at a larger site with several courses; or serves as shift supervisor over operations at the Bethpage State Park golf complex, which consists of five 18 hole regulation courses.
GOLF COURSE MANAGER 2: manages maintenance and operations at an 18 hole regulation course or supervises operations at the Bethpage State Park golf complex.
GREENSKEEPER: one position class; serves as assistant supervisor of the turf management and grounds maintenance program at the Bethpage State Park golf complex.
SUPERVISING GREENSKEEPER: non-competitive jurisdictional class; one position class; directs, plans, and supervises the turf management and grounds maintenance program and staff at the Bethpage State Park golf course complex.
GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR: under the supervision of a Golf Course Manager, maintains, repairs, and rehabilitates golf courses and related facilities, grounds, buildings, irrigation and aeration systems, roads, parking lots, and wood lots; operates, maintains, and repairs equipment and machinery; conducts daily inspections to determine maintenance needs and identify problems and performs and supervises emergency repairs; recommends work programs and projects; schedules, trains, assigns, and supervises staff and inspects work; performs and supervises maintenance activities, such as maintaining roughs and bunkers, mixing and applying fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides, renovating turf, repairing aeration and irrigation systems, mowing, and removing, pruning, and replacing trees; reviews inventory and prepares requisitions; makes emergency repairs; and ensures patron and employee compliance with safety codes, rules, and regulations.
GOLF COURSE MANAGER 1 AND 2: under the general direction of a Park Manager or other higher level staff, plans, develops, directs, and supervises the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of a golf course facility, including the turf management and grounds; plans, directs, and supervises revenue and non-revenue producing recreational activities and facilities associated with the course, such as cross-country skiing, tennis courts, and playgrounds; trains, directs, and supervises staff assigned to the course; develops short-term and long-term work schedules and repair and rehabilitation projects; determines the need for major and emergency repair projects and directs and authorizes projects; may assist on work projects by performing skilled work; recommends and determines priorities for major capital improvement and rehabilitation projects and supervises staff and contractors assigned to the projects; directs daily operations, including regulating hours and usage, coordinating special events, handling special requests, and coordinating activities, operations, and maintenance with other park staff and operations; promotes and publicizes schedules, activities, and programs; controls inventory; evaluates expenditures and prepares budget requests; determines staffing requirements and recruits, trains, and supervises staff; establishes procedures for fee and ticket collection; assists the public and resolves problems; and inspects facilities for compliance with rules, regulations, codes, procedures, and policies.
GREENSKEEPER: assists the Supervising Greenskeeper in all aspects of turf planning, development, and rehabilitation; establishes mowing schedules and programs to maintain and improve conditions; prepares seeding plans to ensure maximum turf grass development and proper grass mixture; evaluates and establishes equipment needs, verifies that proper equipment is purchased, and develops and monitors equipment inventory, control, and security procedures; establishes and implements fertilization plans; performs site inspections of all courses to determine and schedule maintenance; diagnoses and corrects turf grass diseases and drainage problems; ensures compliance with Department of Environmental Conservation regulations for application, handling, and storage of various chemicals; and analyzes staffing requirements, develops schedules, and recruits, trains, and supervises staff.
SUPERVISING GREENSKEEPER: under the general direction of the Assistant Superintendent Bethpage State Park, establishes maintenance and repair programs for the golf courses; evaluates and determines the need for and scope of emergency repairs and capital improvement projects and supervises staff and contractors in performing work; establishes procedures governing employee and patron safety, ensures that information and warning devices are properly placed, and assures compliance with rules and regulations; conducts site inspections on all courses to verify the progress and appropriateness of maintenance plans; determines and justifies fiscal needs and prepares budgets; institutes and reviews systems and procedures for record keeping; prepares reports related to program activities; prepares, administers, and monitors contracts with service providers; develops and implements a comprehensive maintenance program; and directs the activities of staff.
GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
Promotion: one year of permanent competitive or non-competitive service in a position allocated to Grade 9 or higher.
Open competitive: two years of experience in the maintenance, operation, or management of a golf course and related facilities and equipment, including one year of supervisory experience; college study in turf agronomy or golf course maintenance may be substituted, on a year-for-year basis, for up to one year of the general experience.
GOLF COURSE MANAGER 1
Promotion: one year of permanent competitive or non-competitive service in a position allocated at or above Grade 11.
Open competitive: four years of experience in the maintenance, operation, or management of a golf course and related facilities, including one year of supervisory experience; college study in turf agronomy or golf course maintenance may be substituted, on a year-for-year basis, for up to two years of the general experience.
GOLF COURSE MANAGER 2
Promotion: two years of permanent competitive or non-competitive service in a position allocated at or above Grade 12.
Open competitive: five years of experience in the maintenance, operation, or management of a golf course and related facilities, including two years of supervisory experience; college study in turf agronomy or golf course maintenance may be substituted, on a year-for-year basis, for up to three years of the general experience.
GREENSKEEPER
Promotion: two years of permanent competitive or non-competitive service in a position allocated at or above Grade 12.
Open competitive: five years of progressively responsible experience in the maintenance and turf management of a golf course complex and the related facilities and equipment, including two years of supervisory experience; college study in turf agronomy or golf course maintenance may be substituted, on a year-for-year basis, for up to three years of the general experience.
SUPERVISING GREENSKEEPER
Seven years of progressively responsible experience in the maintenance and turf management of a golf course complex and related facilities and equipment, including two years of supervision; college study in turf agronomy or golf course maintenance may be substituted, on a year-for-year basis, for up to three years of the general experience.