Paul Black

• Maintained track surface through mowing, verti-draining, fertilizing, and watering, ensuring consistent and safe conditions for racing.
• Constructed, moved, and maintained steeplechase fences and hurdles, enhancing race day safety and integrity.
• Executed race day duties by repairing divots, managing vehicle crossings, and setting up equipment, contributing to a smooth racing experience.
• Machinery Operation: Using and maintaining tractors, mowers, and irrigation machinery.
• Estate Management: Maintaining hedges, bushes, parade rings, and stable yards.
• Safety Compliance: Ensuring all areas adhere to BHA and Health & Safety regulations.
• Golf Course Maintenance: Mowing all turf areas (tees, greens, surrounds, fairways, rough), switching, brushing, and bunker maintenance.
• Golf Course Setup: Changing hole positions, moving tee markers, and ensuring hazard marking is accurate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Turf Health:Seeding, fertilizing, watering, mowing to specific heights.
• Pitch Preparation:Marking lines, setting up goalposts, and preparing the surface for matches.
• Repairs & Renovation:Fixing divots, repairing damaged areas, and undertaking major renovations.
• Machinery Operation:Safely operating mowers, tractors.
• Maintained training grounds and landscape areas.
• Worked in all weather conditions to ensure task completion on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Course Maintenance: Switching, brushing, and bunker maintenance.
• Course Setup: Daily tasks such as changing hole positions, moving tee markers, and ensuring hazard marking is accurate.
• General Duties: Maintaining the cleanliness of the course, repairing divots, and managing surrounding trees/shrubs.