Occupation information for First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and... District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: Less than 5 years work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: No on-the-job training

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• 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.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
• Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.
• Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
• Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

Tools:

• Hedge clippers
• Lawnmowers
• Rakes
• Screwdrivers
• Skid steer loaders

Technology:

• Data base user interface and query software
• Electronic mail software
• Inventory management software
• Office suite software
• Presentation software

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