Jobs
Greenkeeper
A Greenkeeper is responsible for maintaining and caring for golf courses and other large grassy areas. Here are some of their key duties:
Turf Maintenance: Ensuring that greens, fairways, tees, and roughs are kept in pristine condition by mowing, aerating, and fertilizing 1.
Irrigation and Drainage: Overseeing water systems to optimize turf health while conserving resources 2.
Pest and Weed Control: Applying environmentally friendly treatments to protect turfgrass from pests and weeds 2.
Equipment Management: Operating and maintaining specialized machinery and tools 2.
Course Preparation: Setting up the course for play, including raking bunkers, repairing divots, and marking hazards 3.
Tree and Shrub Maintenance: Pruning and trimming trees and bushes to ensure they do not interfere with play 1.
Rhoose (/ruːs/ ROOSS;[2] Welsh: Y Rhws [ə ˈr̥uːs], from y rhos 'the moor'[3]) is a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. The wider community includes villages and settlements such as Font-y-Gary, Penmark, East Aberthaw and Porthkerry. The population of the community in 2011 was 6,160.[1]
Description
The village is the location of Cardiff Airport,[4] formerly RAF Rhoose.[5] Commercial flights began in the 1950s and control passed to Glamorgan County Council in 1965, after which date the airport expanded.[5]
The village also has a Holiday Park (Fontygary Leisure Park),[6] some shops, a library,[7] two public houses (The Fontygary Inn and the Highwayman), Rhoose Social Club, and an active Surf Lifesaving Club (Rhoose Lifeguards) established in 1968.[8]
Rhoose is one of the fastest growing villages in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the three newest developments being "The Hollies", and more recently, Rhoose Point, and the newest development being the affluent Golwg y Mor (Welsh for "Sea View") development in the eastern part of the village. Further development of Rhoose Point was halted in 2008, because of concerns the drainage infrastructure would not cope.[9]
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station, which was scheduled to re-open in 2003, suffered numerous bureaucratic delays before eventually re-opening in June 2005. There are now hourly train services to Cardiff and Bridgend via Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan.[10]
