First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

The work

What people in this job do

• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
• Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.

The outlook

How the forecast changed this year

Paths in

Degrees that lead here

• Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, GeneralCIP 01.0601
• Ornamental HorticultureCIP 01.0603
• Greenhouse Operations and ManagementCIP 01.0604
• Landscaping and GroundskeepingCIP 01.0605
• Plant Nursery Operations and ManagementCIP 01.0606
• Turf and Turfgrass ManagementCIP 01.0607

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