1st Year Apprentice Greenkeeper Sport Turf

**Gold Coast | RACV Royal Pines Resort**Full-time**Apprenticeship Salary | Discounts on RACV products and resorts**

**Great things start here**

Be part of a purpose-driven organisation creating meaningful travel and leisure experiences, useful home products and services, better outcomes for drivers, and a cleaner energy future.

At RACV Royal Pines Resort, a short drive from Surfers Paradise set on a championship golf course with spacious rooms and authentic culinary experiences, enjoy the best of tourism and have room to grow in a changing industry that's yours to shape. Join our supportive leisure team whose job it is to help people live their best lives — whether they’re on holiday, visiting an attraction or treating loved ones to a special experience.

Set on 100 hectares, RACV Royal Pines Resort is one of Australia’s a leading conference and events resorts, catering for large scale events and offers 333 premium accommodation rooms and suites, 8 restaurants & bars, day spa, gym and tennis courts. Our team goes above & beyond, to create exceptional guest experiences.

**About the Opportunity**

Are you looking to kick start your career and have a keen interest in golf? A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1st year Apprentice Sports Turf Management, who has the passion and dreams of becoming a qualified Greenkeeper.

Royal Pines 27-hole championship golf course is ranked in the top 100 golf courses within Australia. Our three 18-hole, par-72 combination layouts, along with a driving range, putting green and chipping green, guarantees members, groups and casual golfers a memorable round of golf. In addition to this, our multi-purpose grass sports field caters for different sporting codes and is the perfect venue for elite sporting team training camps.

**This could be just the right role for you?**

You will work under the guidance of our experienced and passionate golf course maintenance team, to learn about all things golf course and turf maintenance. Every day will be different in this role, where you will learn and develop fundamental skills to manage turf grass surfaces and become a qualified sports turf tradesperson. As an apprentice, you will learn about health & safety, sustainable work practices, turf establishment and maintenance, irrigation & drainage systems, operating specialised machinery, plant nutrition, pest management and construction of turf playing surfaces.

Royal Pines is open 7 days week. Our golf course maintenance team work 38 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 5.30am-2pm, Friday 5.30am-11.30am and one rotating weekend per month, Saturday & Sunday 5am-9am. Availability to work these hours is required.

**What you’ll need to be successful**
- Reliability and commitment to complete all requirements of a Certificate III turf management qualification
- Previous completion of a Certificate II in Horticulture, highly regarded
- Drivers Licence, desirable
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Strong work ethic, can use initiative, attention to detail & take pride in your work
- Work well with others in a team environment, willingness to follow directions, learn & ask questions
- A genuine passion and interest in golf & turf management, positive & friendly attitude
- Physically fit to undertake manual work & heavy lifting
- Excellent presentation, grooming & hygiene

**We are Offering**- Permanent Full-time- Apprenticeship Salary- Discounts on RACV products & resorts- Employee of the month awards & recognition
- Support to complete a nationally recognised qualification AHC31319 Cert III in Sports Turf Management
- Training fees paid for by RACV
- On-the-job training & supervision
- Off-the-job training at TAFE Grovely Campus, Brisbane
- Support to maintain a training plan
- Learn from our qualified and experienced greenkeeping team- Uniform- Parking onsite

**The RACV difference**

Be part of a team who cares. Back your ambition and find a new career with RACV.

**Application process**

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and consent to a criminal record check.

At RACV, we believe that maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace is an important element in our continued success. We want our people to feel welcome, supported and appreciated for who they are and what they bring to our business. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and/or the role, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know.

Submit your CV via the link.