rick munro

parks department

About

Currently, working in Parks Department for Municipality of North Cowichan Assistant Superintendent at Fairwinds Golf Club on Vancouver Island. 25 years experience in golf industry. 5 years as a superintendent. Experience with Audubon certification. Starting a business helping golf courses achieve environmental goals, mainly Audubon certification. Specialties: Expertise in environmental protection for existing and developing golf courses

Country

canada

City

british columbia

Industry

recreational facilities and services

Skill

turf, golf courses, irrigation, landscaping, golf course management, landscape maintenance, pesticide, construction, environmental awareness, turf management, landscape design, horticulture, agronomy, fertilizers, sports, renovation, process scheduler, lawn care, drainage, tree planting

Experience

owner and operator

greenside environmental services

2009-2 - 2012-3 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Offering environmental help to golf courses, specializing in Audubon certification aid. Can also help with environmental contracting on golf courses and other developments. Associate Publisher with Inside Golf network. Guest Instructor at Vancouver Island University. Teach Pesticide Applicator Courses for Landscape General pesticide applicator license.

site superintendent

cliffs over maple bay

2005-3 - 2008-5 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Site superintendent of golf course construction. Responsible for day to day condition of environment on site and off. Now starting environmental consulting business for golf courses, specaillizing in Audubon certification aid.

superintendent

diamond in the ruff golf club

2003-4 - 2005-2 · 1 yr 11 mos

Golf course superintendent responsible for day to day condition of entire facility including environmental impacts

spray technician, irrigation technician, section foreman, environmental monitor

bigwin island golf club

2000-1 - 2001-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Maintenance and repair of irrigation system during construction, grow-in and first year of operation. Environmental Monitor for Grow-in. Performed all chemical applications to course. Supervised a crew of 8 in daily maintenance of 9 holes during first year of operation.

construction foreman

wooden sticks golf club

1999-5 - 1999-12 · 8 mos

Assisted in construction of golf course. Performed duties such as: fertilizer applications, bunker construction, irrigation installation, tee deck construction, brush clearing and mowing of grass.