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

Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.

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.

Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.

Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.

Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.

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.

Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

Direct or assist workers engaged in the maintenance or repair of equipment, such as power tools or motorized equipment.

Perform administrative duties, such as authorizing leaves or processing time sheets.

Answer inquiries from current or prospective customers regarding methods, materials, or price ranges.

Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available and items are in usable condition.

Investigate work-related complaints to verify problems and to determine responses.

Perform personnel-related activities, such as hiring workers, evaluating staff performance, or taking disciplinary actions when performance problems occur.

Review contracts or work assignments to determine service, machine, or workforce requirements for jobs.

Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs and maintain budgets for individual projects.

Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.

Order the performance of corrective work when problems occur and recommend procedural changes to avoid such problems.

Maintain required records, such as personnel information or project records.

Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

Prepare or maintain required records, such as work activity or personnel reports.

Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.

Design or supervise the installation of sprinkler systems, calculating water pressure, or valve and pipe coverage needs.

Install or maintain landscaped areas, performing tasks such as removing snow, pouring cement curbs, or repairing sidewalks.

Identify diseases or pests affecting landscaping and order appropriate treatments.

Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment use to increase crew efficiency.

Confer with managers or landscape architects to develop plans or schedules for landscaping maintenance or improvement.