First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

What the work involves

• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
• Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

What to study

The fields of study the Department of Education links to this occupation, most widely taught first.

• Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities ManagementSee 121 colleges that teach it
• Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesSee 42 colleges that teach it

Who it suits

O*NET scores every occupation on six interest dimensions. This one leans hardest on these three.

• Leading and persuading

• Organised and precise

• Hands-on and practical

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