Department: 56 Force Support Squadron (FSS) Marketing Department Funding Type: Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Employment Type: Flexible (No guaranteed hours, no benefits) Core Mission: In this role, you will play a critical part in maintaining the pristine condition of our course greens, fairways, and grounds. Physical Effort: Physically able to frequently lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds, stoop, bend, reach, and climb.
Exposed to extreme heat: possibility of cuts and bruises.
Duties As a Tractor Operator (Gardener), NA-5705-06, your primary purpose is to provide professional grounds keeping and mowing services to fairways, roughs, and greens, as well as administer weed control and fertilizer applications. Major Duties & Responsibilities: Equipment Operation: Operate field-type tractors with specialized attachments and other diesel-powered grounds maintenance mowers to cut, groom, and maintain various species of grass across the golf course.
Specialized Machinery: Operate a variety of light-to-heavy grounds equipment, including but not limited to mowers, aerators, plows, harrows, clippers, sprayers, disks, post-hole diggers, movable dozer blades, backhoes, and tractor-drawn liquid/solid dispensers. Equipment Care & Adjustments: Adjust settings, attachments, and connections to ensure safety, mechanical soundness, and proper equipment operation.
Perform routine operator maintenance (e.g., checking fluid levels, cleaning, and basic lubricating) on tractors and associated machinery. Course Upkeep: Perform daily course preparation tasks, such as setting cups, raking sand bunkers, trimming trees, and removing debris and trash. Gardening & Turf Management: Perform hands-on gardening and landscaping operations on greens, tees, fairways, roughs, clubhouse grounds, and surrounding areas.
This includes seeding, sodding, plugging, planting, pruning, top-dressing, aerating, verticutting, changing cups, moving tees, and maintaining flag/pole setups. Irrigation Control: Irrigate all areas of the golf course to ensure appropriate moisture and turf health. Safety Compliance: Adhere strictly to all vehicle operation regulations, safety rules, and personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines.
If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13054154
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.
It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Benefits Not Applicable (N/A) Explanation: Because this is a flexible, non-guaranteed-hour Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) position, it does not carry eligibility for federal employee benefits.
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This position is with Air Education and Training Command, Department of the Air Force.
The posted pay range is $22.95 – $22.95/hr.
Applications close on 2026-09-16.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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