One of the entries for this year's BIGGA Photographic Competition: Wayne Vincent, Cotswold Hills Golf Club
Find a list of greenkeepers who are available for work in each region here:
If you are looking for a greenkeeper or other staff for your course, you can look at the basic details of each candidate and if interested in finding out more, click on the reference number which will open an email to BIGGA. You can attach a job description and your contact details and we will forward this to the selected candidate.
All the candidates listed are or have recently been BIGGA members.
Available for work in the Northern Region
First Assistant/Deputy Head - North West, Wirral, West Cheshire
Qualifications: Level 2, Level 3, Pa1, Pa2, Pa6, Chainsaw felling and crosscutting
Competencies: Irrigation, drainage, EcoBunker
Availability: 15 December 2020
Greenkeeper - part time - Cumbria
Qualifications: Snvq level 1 and 2. Pa1 Pa2 spraying. First aid at work.
Competencies: Machine driving. Spraying.
Availability: 1 November 2020
Head Greenkeeper - High Peak, Derbyshire
Experience: 23 years
Most recently: Head Greenkeeper
Qualifications: NVQ level 3, pa 1 pa 6 pa2, chainsaw cs31
Competencies: All aspects of course maintenance. Risk assessments. Machinery Servicing
Availability: 1 December 2021
Ref. BJSN106
Available for work in Scotland
Course Manager - Loch Lomond and South towards West of Glasgow
Qualifications: SVQ 3 and 4, ILM Management level 4. many short course certificates
Competencies: Good all round knowledge in course maintenance, problem solving on older irrigation systems.
Availability: 12 December 2020
Course Manager - East Scotland
Qualifications: ILMLevel 4, Greenkeeping and Groundsmanship 1,2,3 Management, Intermediate Health and Safety.
Competencies: All greenkeeping skills including irrigation, mechanics, construction and maintenance, budgeting
Availability: 16 January 2021
Available for work in South West & South Wales
Head Greenkeeper - Hampshire/Dorset/Wiltshire
Qualifications: NVQ level 2 & 3 , pa1, pa2, pa6 MO1 Lantra CS30/31
Competencies: All round greenkeeper, irrigation & drainage work, construction, general mechanics,
Availability: 6 October 2020
Available for work in the South East
Assistant Greenkeeper
Qualifications: Manual handling
Competencies: General operations, irrigation basics.
Availability: 15th September 2021
For our members - during this difficult time across the nation, BIGGA is offering a free service for greenkeepers who are seeking work in the profession - your skills are too important to lose!
If you are a current member of BIGGA or have been within the last 6 months and have lost, or face losing your job, complete the form below and BIGGA will advertise your availability to Golf Clubs seeking staff free of charge.
We will NOT publish your personal details, we will forward contact information of interested employers directly to you.
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You can go to the help with your job application page which includes information on:
- Creating a CV
- Doing well at your interview
- Negotiating your pay package
Help with finding work