Greenkeepers

What the job involves

• Preparing seedbeds for new turf

• Establishing and maintaining turf by watering, over sowing or over seeding, and repairing green damage

• Mowing, rolling and levelling turf

• Pegging and marking out lines and logos, installing nets, posts and stumps, and placing other sports equipment on playing areas

• Operating and maintaining hand and power driven equipment such as mowers, aerators, cultivators, corers and line marking equipment

• Constructing cricket wickets, tennis courts, and bowling, croquet and golf greens

• Replanting, repairing, aerating, fertilising and top dressing lawns

• Installing and maintaining synthetic surfaces

• May maintain buildings, fences and surrounding gardens