Jeremy R. Jessup
Sports Turf Technician
Wichita, KS · (316) 555 0153 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/jeremyrjessup
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years maintaining professional and collegiate baseball surfaces
INDUSTRIES
Minor league baseball, collegiate athletics, municipal sports complexes
SPECIALTIES
Bermudagrass management, infield skin and mound work, irrigation, game day preparation
SYSTEMS
Toro Lynx central control, POGO Turf Pro moisture meters, Brightly Asset Essentials, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Certified Sports Field Manager, Sports Turf Managers Association; Kansas commercial pesticide applicator license
EDUCATION
Associate degree in turfgrass management, Kansas State University Salina
Executive Summary
Sports turf technician with seven years on professional baseball surfaces. Handles bermudagrass playing fields, clay infields, mound and plate work and a full irrigation system across a seventy home game season. Licensed to apply pesticides and trusted to make the tarp call when weather moves in.
Signature Achievements
- Kept the playing surface open for all seventy home dates in two straight seasons despite eleven rain events.
- Cut irrigation water use nineteen percent by installing soil moisture sensors and rebuilding the run time schedule.
- Rebuilt the mound and plate areas midseason in two days, earning the league field of the year nomination.
- Dropped chemical spend eleven percent by moving to growing degree day timing and spot treatment.
- Trained six seasonal crew members on tarp procedure and infield conditioning with no injury reports in three seasons.
Professional Experience
Sports Turf Technician
Prairie Wind Baseball Club, Wichita, KS 2021 to present
Eight thousand seat professional ballpark with a bermudagrass field, a bullpen complex and two practice infields.
- Mow, roll and groom the playing surface daily during a seventy game home schedule and set the field for batting practice.
- Apply fertilizer, plant growth regulators and pesticides under a Kansas commercial applicator license and keep the required records.
- Operate and repair the irrigation system, including head leveling, valve replacement and central control programming.
- Lead tarp pulls with a crew of nine and manage postgame repair of the infield skin, mound and plate.
- Keep the equipment service log and coordinate reel grinding and preventive maintenance with the shop.
Grounds Crew Member
Flint Hills Sports Complex, Manhattan, KS 2019 to 2021
Public tournament complex with six baseball and softball fields and four multipurpose fields.
- Mowed, striped and lined fields for weekend tournaments hosting up to sixty teams.
- Ran aerification, topdressing and overseeding on a fall renovation schedule.
- Handled clay conditioning and moisture management on twelve infields.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Sports Field Manager, Sports Turf Managers Association
Kansas commercial pesticide applicator license, category 3A ornamental and turf, license number 4471
Occupational Safety and Health Administration ten hour general industry card
Education
Associate degree in turfgrass management, Kansas State University Salina, 2019
Core Skills
Bermudagrass management · Infield skin repair · Mound and plate construction · Irrigation repair · Pesticide application · Soil moisture monitoring · Equipment operation · Tarp and weather response · Crew training · Record keeping