Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
About me
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Jack Ferris

Newstead,Hamilton

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Groundsman

St Peters College
Cambridge, Cambridge
2024.10 - Current
  • My main roles here include but are not limited to, mowing sports fields, crickets blocks and greens, applying fertilizers, rolling and watering cricket pitches and general maintainence of grounds

Groundsman

Christchurch city counci,
, Canterbury
2021.09 - 2024.10

My main roles here involved mowing, rolling, spraying rolling, and renovating sports turf and cricket pitches for first class and international cricket. Most games we had were televised so i like to think my standards are quite high

Greenskeeper

Christchurch Golf Club
, Christchurch
2020.09 - 2021.04

During my time here i did many things such mowing greens, tees, fairways, surrounds and rough. General tasks such as raking bunkers and tidying up edges of cart paths and more specialized tasks such as spraying, spiking greens and fairways and scarifying. I also used other bigger machinery such as front end loaders and other tractors . The reason for leaving was to go back to cromwell to finish my study

Waterways Labourer

City care
, Christchurch
2013.01 - 2020.02

During my time here i was in charge of a group of 3 people who i helped undertake the maintainence of waterways which included using a weedeater to cut grass, using hand tools such as loppers and pruning saws to maintain trees and bushes and liaising with the council to pass on or receive instructions. The reason for leaving was that i wanted to study sports turf management and had to move town

Education

High School Diploma -

Cashmere High School
Christchurch
11.2012

Level 4 Sports Turf Certificate -

Otago Polytech
Cromwell

Skills

Ability and willingness to try new things and learn new skills

Punctual

Hard working and responsible

Able to work in a team

Problem solving

About me

Some things about me are, I am 29 years old, i enjoy being outside (hence the choice in career) and many sports. 3 i play and watch the most are Cricket, Football and golf and have played almost all my life. Beyond that im very into music and frequent the gym when i can. Something else i enjoy is trying new things and meeting new people

Timeline

Groundsman

St Peters College
2024.10 - Current

Groundsman

Christchurch city counci,
2021.09 - 2024.10

Greenskeeper

Christchurch Golf Club
2020.09 - 2021.04

Waterways Labourer

City care
2013.01 - 2020.02

High School Diploma -

Cashmere High School

Level 4 Sports Turf Certificate -

Otago Polytech
Jack Ferris