First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, & Groundskeeping Workers
Also called:
Grounds Supervisor, Golf Course Superintendent, Landscape Supervisor, Grounds Crew Supervisor
What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Business
- management
- customer service
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
- law and government
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- teaching people how to do something
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Facilities management software
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high school diploma or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$42,160
per year, on average
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