Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Course Advisor; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Course Advisor seeks skilled Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers to maintain grounds using hand or power tools, advise customers on plant care, and perform irrigation system upkeep. Responsibilities include a variety of landscaping tasks such as mowing, planting, and maintaining gardens. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and critical thinking skills, and be able to operate various landscaping equipment.

Qualifications

• Ability to use hand or power tools for a variety of landscaping tasks.
• Knowledge of plant care and irrigation systems management.
• Strong communication skills to advise customers effectively.

Responsibilities

• Landscape or maintain grounds using tools and equipment.
• Advise customers on plant selection and care.
• Install and maintain irrigation systems.

Skills

Operation and Control

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Active Listening

Coordination

Operation Monitoring

Job description

What Do Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Do?

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

A Day in the Life of a Landscaping & Groundskeeping Worker

• Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
• Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
• Advise customers on plant selection or care.
• Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
• Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.
• Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.

Skills Needed to be a Landscaping & Groundskeeping Worker

• Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Other Landscaping & Groundskeeping Worker Job Titles

• Mowing Machine Operator
• Landscape Crew Member
• Indoor Landscaper/Gardener
• Brush Cutter
• Maintenance Aide